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Christmas and Human Deification

The news out of Syria is stunning.  The fall of Damascus and the collapse of the Baathist government there came swiftly, and what it will all mean very much remains to be seen.  I will certainly shed no tears over the departure of the Assad regime, and what I’ve heard from the head of the […]

Heaven Could Not Hold Him

  The Christmas season is busy one.  Especially, perhaps, in the United States, where commercialism drives both it and us, and where it falls during a frenetic period known as “the holidays,” preceded by Halloween and Thanksgiving and succeeded by New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day (to mention only a few of the festivities). […]

Still! Still! Still!

  Two new articles went up today (Friday) on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  The first of them represents the 646th consecutive Friday on which a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a […]

Light the World!

  In my opinion, Giving Machines definitely represent one of the most brilliant ideas that I’ve ever encountered with regard to Christmas.  They are a fun way to focus on giving during this season, rather than only on eating, drinking, and getting.  They are convenient, and fun for children.  They offer small and reasonable but […]

We press on

  My wife and I took our core film production and film distribution and film bookkeeping group out to dinner last night, both for Christmas and to celebrate the near-conclusion of the dramatic-film portion of our overall Six Days in August project.  (One more contract is awaiting completion.  The others have been signed.  And then […]

Numbers are pesky things

  Unfortunately, today’s blog entry needs to be largely devoted to the proverbial notion that a lie can travel half-way around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.  (Appropriately enough, the saying is commonly but, it seems, falsely attributed to Mark Twain.). My boots are now laced up, so it’s time […]

Visually Stunning

  Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  Interpreter Radio Show — November 24, 2024, including The Book of Mormon in Context for Moroni 10 During the 24 November 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Steve Densley and Scripture Central’s John Thompson hosted special guests Brant Gardner and Jeff Lindsay for a […]

Some suggested readings on near-death experiences

  The following note went out to several Interpreter Foundation mailing lists yesterday: This coming Tuesday is Giving Tuesday, when the hearts of many (in the United States, at least) turn to charity or, anyway, to tax deductions. We know that there are thousands of worthy causes out there, and we hope that none of […]

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

  We’re just back from a showing of Home Alone with our granddaughter.  It was hilarious.  But I’m thinking much more of the audience that were there with us in the tiny theater.  There were several little kids who were about our granddaughter’s age, and they had already met this morning during an activity in […]

“A Book of Mormon Mystery”?

  A new article appeared this afternoon in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “What Happened to Nephi at the Camp of the Broken Bow? A Book of Mormon Mystery,” written by Godfrey J. Ellis Abstract: Nephi started as the youngest son of Lehi and Sariah and ended up as the king […]