Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 170

Mesa, Queen Creek, and Superstition Springs. And Logan.

    ***   We’re in Logan for the wedding of one of my brother’s granddaughters.  How he would have loved to be here!   As a side benefit, we had dinner tonight at a little Italian restaurant that’s situated in an elegant old house at 129 North 100 East, just below the hill on […]

Idaho Falls and Boston and Santa Clarita and a Bit of Amusement

    ***   I’m told that, at least earlier today, the Witnesses film website was listing no theaters in Idaho Falls where the Interpreter Foundation’s movie was being screened.  This appears to have been an error:  So, if you’re in the Idaho Falls area and you’re interested in seeing Witnesses — and what on earth […]

From slightly less than seven years ago

    ***   I maintain a blog for many reasons.   However, one of them is purely personal:  My blog is something of a journal for me, and, even more particularly, it’s a way of remembering things, and especially of remembering people whose memory I refuse to allow to be wholly lost.   So, […]

“No Comparison Between Latter-day Saint Race and Sex Teachings”

    ***   I admire what “Hypatia” has to say in this recently published article — which means, of course, that I agree with it:   “No Comparison Between Latter-day Saint Race and Sex Teachings: It’s become popular to assert that sexual orientation is, and ought to be, analogous to race for Latter-day Saints. […]

“Psalm 105: Chiasmus, Credo, Covenant, and Temple”

    ***   First, though, this brief excerpt from an interview with Y’r obd’t servant went up today in LDS Living:   “Why the Three Witnesses left the Church, why two came back, and how, despite never coming back, David Whitmer stood by his testimony even at his gravesite”   ***   This article, […]

The witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the problems of eyewitness testimony

    ***   Curiously, this is from Illinois News Live:  “A new movie about the witnesses of the Book of Mormon premiere in eastern Idaho”   ***   And here’s something that some of you will find interesting:   “Thinking with Ryan Burge: Concerning young Latter-day Saints, third parties and life post-Trump”   (Please […]

“Smallest Wingless”

    ***   I published this column in the Deseret News very nearly seven years ago.  It was all that I could do.   She was born seven years ago today:   Some are displeased with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over socio-political disputes, gender concerns, and other perceived grievances. While […]

Mesa, Arizona, and Santa Clarita, California, and Wisconsin, and the Past

    ***   I’m happy to see such events as the one shown in the image above, for Mesa, Arizona, on Monday.   Here’s some news for those in Southern California.  Our superb distributor, Brandon Purdie, has been able to book what I’m told is one of the most prominent and prestigious art-house theater […]

“Their Imperfect Best”

    ***   Have you seen Witnesses yet?  Are you going to watch it tonight?  Tomorrow night?   ***   Two new articles — in this case, two book reviews — were published today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:   Brian C. Hales, “Seeking a Global Context for the […]

Joseph, the stone, and the hat: Why they all matter

    ***   As you can see from the illustration above, the Interpreter Foundation’s film Witnesses ranked at Number Six on Box Office Mojo for Tuesday, 8 June 2021.  Of course, in the interest of full disclosure it has to be frankly admitted that the box office receipts for Witnesses come in at slightly […]