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A Potpourri of Thoughts on the Fourth of July

  New materials are constantly appearing on the otherwise completely dead and rapidly dying website of the very nearly comatose Interpreter Foundation.  Here are two recently posted items: Hugh Nibley Observed: “Editing Hugh Nibley: The Man and His Legacy,” written by Shirley S. Ricks “My personal experience of working with Hugh Nibley’s books and manuscripts […]

On unkind feelings in an election year

  I’m slowly and carefully reading through the talks that were given in April 2024 at the most recent general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  This passage, from the remarks that were delivered at that conference by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (“Covenant Confidence through […]

Save the Date!

  This item was posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  “Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28: They “Never Did Fall Away” Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28: They “Never Did Fall Away”: Alma 23-29″: This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 28 covering Alma 23-29, we […]

Behind the Scenes

  You might enjoy this seven-minute video:  “Behind The Scenes | The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.”  It provides background for Episode 5 of the video series “A Marvelous Work”:  “Who Actually Saw the Gold Plates? | A Marvelous Work Episode 5” On a closely related note:  “Interpreter Radio Show — June 23, 2024” […]

Some pleasant reading for a Sabbath evening

  This is a great story:  “BYU’s James Corrigan earns miraculous bid to Paris Olympics with special steeplechase performance: Corrigan achieved the unimaginable on a hot, humid night in Philadelphia” I think, though, that knowing the background helps very much in appreciating it.  Here’s an article that was published before Brother Corrigan’s successful race:  “Inside the […]

Horizons

  My adopted home state is taking a starring role in a new set of films.  If you can access these — I know that you can access the third one but I’m less certain about the first two — I think that you’ll find them interesting: National Review:  “Horizon Is Costner’s Daring Love Letter […]

Another Anniversary

  Yesterday marked an important anniversary in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  And so does today: Deseret News:  “A 195-year look back at the men and women who saw and held the plates that became the Book of Mormon: Friday, June 28, is the 195th anniversary of the day […]

Today, let us remember.

  I would guess that very few people, even among the Latter-day Saints, are thinking about this.  But today marks the 180th anniversary of the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by a mob while they were in the custody of the state in the jail at Carthage, Illinois. I’ve been thinking about that terrible […]

Something Wicked This Way Comes

  I was mightily unhappy, almost physically ill in fact, when I first came across this story: “Heretic: Check out the scary new trailer, plot, cast, creative team and release date of Hugh Grant starrer movie” “Heretic Trailer Previews A24 Horror Movie About Mormon Missionaries Starring Hugh Grant” “Hugh Grant Plays a Disturbed Trickster Who […]

A Full Life

  1. Come, lay his books and papers by, he shall not need them more; the ink shall dry upon his pen, so softly close the door. His tired head, with locks of white, and like the winter’s sun, hath lain to peaceful rest tonight,—The teacher’s work is done. 2. His work is done; no […]