Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1248

Of “flotsam and jetsam”

    Have you ever wondered about the phrase flotsam and jetsam?  Have you ever puzzled over how, precisely, the one is to be distinguished from the other?   Nah.  Probably not.   But, walking along the shore here in Oregon, the question suddenly weighed upon me.  Because my wife asked.   And here’s the [Read More...]

1 Nephi 1

      Today, I offer the second installment of my project to read the Book of Mormon through in company with others here.  We begin, today, with the text of the Book of Mormon proper, with 1 Nephi 1.  (Yesterday, we looked briefly at the Title Page of the Book of Mormon.)   I [Read More...]

On my paternal side, I come from a distinguished family of heavy drinkers.

    I woke up this morning with a favorite old country western tune going through my mind, and I can’t get it to go away.   Is there significance in this?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdgKk...   I came crawling home last night, like many nights before: I finally made it to my feet as she opened up [Read More...]

A swing and a miss!

    It may be possible to miss the point more completely:   http://www.mormonliberals.org/moralie...   But I’m not absolutely sure of that.   Posted from Seaside, Oregon    

Of race and contemporary dishonesty

    http://www.cnsnews.com/video/national...   There is little doubt in my mind that he’s right.  But it takes real courage in our corrupt and dishonest political culture to come out and say what he did.   (Thanks to Keith Stephens for bringing this to my attention.)   Posted from Seaside, Oregon    

Elder Holland in Brazil

    Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was recently in Brazil.   He’s posted photos from that visit, along with brief reflections on it and earlier items about various trips and speeches and the like, on his Facebook page.   Have a look at it here.   Posted from Seaside, Oregon    

2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference

    Please mark 25 October 2014 on your calendars:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/even...   This is shaping up to be an extremely interesting conference.   Posted from Seaside, Oregon    

Interpreter’s volume 10 now available in paperback and e-book formats

    I’m happy to announced that you can now order the tenth volume of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture in paperback form and as an e-book:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/volu...   Posted from Seaside, Oregon    

The Title Page of the Book of Mormon

    Inspired by something that Elder David A. Bednar said in a recent speech at Brigham Young University, I’ve resolved — we’ll see whether or not I can keep the resolution! — to read through the Book of Mormon, one chapter each day, and to post something about each chapter on my blog.   [Read More...]

Life could be so much better if only we were more cynical and less sociable!

      Having called attention this morning to a prior blog entry about two good reasons for going to church, I fell to thinking intermittently about one of the largely atheistic anti-Mormon message boards that I sometimes read.   A common feature on that board — it appears essentially every Sunday — is a thread [Read More...]