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Light in the Public Square

    ***   We’re just back from enjoying a meal with a friend at the Market Street Grill in South Jordan and then going with her to see a very well-acted and well-sung performance nearby at the Hale Centre Theatre of The Light in the Piazza.  I’ve said it before, but the Hale theaters are […]

Thinking about the Brain

    ***   I think that I somehow failed to call your attention to this item, which appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation on Friday.  (You have my apologies.)  So here it is:   “Interpreting Interpreter: The Promise of Passover,” by Kyler Rasmussen This post is a summary of the article “Our Faithful […]

It really doesn’t matter whether or not you like his teaching

    ***   A really impressive project was done for the Primary kids in my ward today by Joseph Vancott, with whom — and this may perhaps be my one chance at fame — I served for a while in our ward Sunday School presidency:   “LDS Daily Shares Pictures of Incredible Replica Tomb […]

Some fairly random thoughts on an Easter Sunday

    ***   Easter isn’t about family, as such, but it’s a great family day nonetheless.  Happily, we were able to spend this afternoon with one of our sons, my wife’s sister, and my father in law, who is now in his ninety-sixth year.   Before that, we attended our ward sacrament meeting, which […]

Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!

    ***   I wish everyone out there a wonderful Easter and a happy one.   Χριστός ἀνέστη!   Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!   In Greek, which is the original language of the New Testament — and in equivalent phrases in other languages influenced by Greek Orthodox usage — it is customary to greet one another […]

Holy Saturday

    ***   If you’re perhaps wondering why the news of the atonement and resurrection of Christ is so very, very important, you might watch this eight-minute segment from CNN.  If you can get through it without at least coming close to tearing up a bit, your heart is even harder than mine:   […]

Remembering Heaven and Thinking of the Atonement

    ***   Rebecca Reynolds Lambert wrote the Interpreter Foundation’s Easter message for this year.  It appeared earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:   “Our Faithful Lord: Passover to Easter” Abstract: Studying the origins and traditions of Passover enriches our understanding of Easter. We can deepen our own worship […]

IANDS in Salt Lake City

    ***   If you’re unaware of the documentary Remembering Heaven, you should know that it will have its premiere on Wednesday, 4 May 2022, at 7:00 PM.  The screening will take place at the Megaplex at Jordan Commons, located at 9335 State Street in Sandy, Utah.  Specifically, it will be in Auditorium 13, […]

Some vacancies have apparently opened up for June’s tour in Germany

        ***   I had a good time last night delivering a lecture up in West Jordan, Utah, about the history and character of the famous Oberammergau Passion Play.  (Whether anybody in the audience had a good time or not is, of course, a quite separate question.)   By the way, I […]

A Miracle Remembered

    ***   I’ve been deeply saddened to hear the news that Laura Harris Hales, the wife of Dr. Brian C. Hales, passed away this morning.  She had been ill for a relatively brief time with a grievous form of cancer.  She and Brian have been associates, allies, and friends for a long time.  […]