Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 37

“Eternity, Family, and Cosmos”

  You are, sadly, running out of opportunities to see Six Days in August on a big screen.  That’s deeply unfortunate and I wish it weren’t the case.  But some of you—and some of your friends, ward members, and relatives—still have a shot at it.  And the BYU football team has a bye this weekend, […]

At the Laguna de Catemaco Veracruz

  I’m still attempting to catch up with my blog, reporting from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour. Our tour manager, Blake Allen, had attempted several times to make contact with the branch president in Panajachel, on the shore of Lake Atitlán, but was unable to do so.  He tried again while we were there, but […]

From the highlands to the lowlands and back again

  I continue my attempt to dig myself out of the hole into which I fell when my computer failed me last week.  That is, I’m trying to catch up on my reports from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour to Guatemala and Mexico. We spent the first part of our first full day in Guatemala […]

“And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness.”

  I’m still making an effort to catch up on the reporting of this Interpreter Foundation educational tour: Last Thursday, 24 October, on the morning after the catastrophic computer failure that silenced me for the better part of a week, we spent most of the day walking around a small portion of the Guatemalan Parque […]

On the River Sidon, at the northern entrance to Gondor

  I’m going to make a serious effort to catch up on my reporting from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour in Guatemala and Mexico.  I’m several days behind because of the mysterious computer malfunction that crippled me from Wednesday night until last night, Monday night.  But I think that I can compensate for that, more […]

I’m back! (For the moment, anyway.)

  To the nearly giddy delight of several folks on the Peterson Obsession Board, Six Days in August has, thus far, considerably underperformed our hopes and expectations at the box office.  As a consequence, it will probably not last much longer in theaters.  So, if you’ve been a’thinkin’ about seein’ it someday on a big […]

Wednesday, 23 October 2024

  For the next two weeks or so, I’m not going to be able to spend as much time on my computer as I typically do.  I won’t be able to manage this blog as well as I usually do, or to respond as quickly to emails and comments.  I’ll miss all or almost all […]

Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures

  Did you see Six Days in August last night?  If not, don’t fret.  Morning has broken.  (Blackbird has spoken.)  The sun has arisen, with healing in its wings.  You can go to the movie today, and tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.  Go all three days! From the perpetually dying Interpreter Foundation:  Margaret Barker’s […]

Of complex biology, ancient temples, and Lehi in Arabia

  Six Days in August has been out in theaters for approximately ten days now.  It’s impossible to guarantee or to predict how long its theatrical run will continue.  So, if you haven’t yet seen it, or if people whom you would really like to see it haven’t done so yet, now — now — […]

Once More, Can There Be Any Valid Criticisms of the Church?

  I saw this title (or something like it) on a Latter-day Saint-related message board.  I never read through the thread there and, now, I probably wouldn’t be able to find it.  But I once posted something on this subject and have been attacked ever since for what I said, by people who plainly didn’t […]