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The first full public day

  I was the respondent in the first full, public session of the conference today.  (The overall conference title is “Diplomacy of the Heart: The Power of Intercultural Dialogue and Education in Peacebuilding.”)  Given the fact, as discovered and announced over on the Peterson Obsession Board, that I’m a religious and cultural bigot and something […]

Of Goodness and Greatness

  Wow.  I flew over Bandar Abbas on the night that this happened:  “Massive explosion at Iranian port kills 14 and injures hundreds” The topic of fluctuations in religious faith and commitment continues to interest me: “Gen Z is finding religion. Why? 3 theories for Gen Z’s return to God and faith.” “The Plateau Of […]

Jeremiah as Prophet and, Again, Calling Conquerors “Great”

  I’m eleven hours off of my normal time zone and have been almost completely without internet access for the past couple of days or so.  I apologize for being late in calling these new items from the Interpreter Foundation to your notice, but I had little alternative.  They went up on Thursday and Friday: […]

Greetings from the Persian Gulf!

  A couple of weeks ago, I read Cassidy Nichole Pyper, ““Not Only Men but Women Also”: An Argument for Alma’s Intentional Inclusion of Women,” BYU Studies 64/1 (2025): 21-44.  I have to admit that, when I began the article, I wasn’t really expecting much.  Sister Pyper contends, for example, that, when the Book of Mormon […]

Beginning a Day, a Night, Another Night, and a Day

  On Saturday, 5 April, my friend Don Bradley lost his son Donnie suddenly, in an unspeakably tragic and horrible incident.  (I don’t feel that, on my own initiative, I can go further into the details of what happened.)  I’ve spoken with Don within the past few hours.  As you can easily imagine, he is […]

It’s older (and far bigger) than we can comprehend

  In his very brief article “The Seven Seals, the Age of the Earth, and Ongoing Revelation” (BYU Studies 64/1 [2025]: 95-96, Professor Nicholas J. Frederick argues that Doctrine and Covenants 77 — which is built upon a revelation received by the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1832 — should not be taken in isolation when […]

Looking at arguments for a “transphysical self”

  Yesterday, I published an article in Meridian Magazine about a reported phenomenon that puzzles me and that some of you might find . . . well, curious: “Remarkable Signs in the Heavens the Night Joseph Got the Plates.”  If nothing else, you might enjoy it. Two very different takes on the legacy of Pope […]

Making the world a better place, or not?

  “First Presidency Offers Condolences on Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis” As the First Presidency has already done, I offer my condolences on the death of Pope Francis to any Catholic readers who may perhaps wander through here.  The Pope’s passing comes as a surprise to many, including me, because he seemed to be […]

An Easter greeting

  A traditional greeting is given on Easter Sunday (beginning at midnight and continuing throughout the day) across much of the Eastern Christian world.  It is often expressed in Greek, but often, too, in whatever the actual local language happens to be.  In Greek, it goes like this: Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Christos Anesti (in modern Greek […]

Today is Holy Saturday. What does that mean?

  I intended to do more than I have, both here on this blog and personally, with Holy Week or Passion Week — the term passion refers not to emotions in our modern sense, but to Christ’s suffering — which began last weekend on Palm Sunday.  I’ll try to make up for it, at least […]