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Brian and Laura Hales speak on Mormon plural marriage in Sweden

    A YouTube video is now up of the remarks given by Laura and Brian Hales at the FairMormon conference in Sweden, not too far from where I sit right now, back in June 2016:     You might find it interesting and/or of value.   Posted from Oslo, Norway    

“How can we give to the Lord?”

    How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as a gift to God, whose chief concern is the welfare of his children. Every gentle deed to our neighbor, every kindness to the poor and suffering, is a [Read More...]

“The Late War Against the Book of Mormon”

    I hadn’t so much as thought about it for many months — I’ve scarcely heard or seen it mentioned — but I was recently reminded that there are some out there who imagine that they’ve found the “smoking gun,” the decisive evidence that proves Joseph Smith (or somebody) to have stolen the Book [Read More...]

“New Taiwan Website Marks 80th for Mormon Newsroom”

    http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   We’re you aware that the Church maintains local websites, where you can keep tabs on, say, your original homeland, the land of your ancestors, your old mission field. the place where you hope to serve with your husband when he retires, and/or the country you’ll soon be visiting?   You can, [Read More...]

“They Did Obey Every Word of Command with Exactness”

    In the Interpreter Foundation’s 176th scripture roundtable, Stephen Smoot, Martin Tanner, and Bruce Webster discuss Alma 53, 56-58, which are the focus of Lesson 32 in the 2016 Gospel Doctrine lesson manual:   Scripture Roundtable 176: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32, They Did Obey-Every Word of Command with Exactness   Posted [Read More...]

What should we CALL that woman?

    When I began my service as the bishop of a large singles ward adjacent to Utah Valley University, a friend with a great deal of ecclesiastical experience gave me some interesting advice.  “You’ll be so busy with counseling and similar things that can’t be delegated,” he effectively told me, “that you should just [Read More...]

God and thinking

    ‎“Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the [Read More...]

I’m apparently not here.

    Hence, if it requires, say, a thousand years to fit for easy flight a bird which started with rudimentary wings, or ten thousand for one which started with no wings at all and had to sprout them ab initio, it might be assumed that the flying machine which will really fly might be evolved [Read More...]

Church members helping with the world’s massive refugee problem

    “VIDEO:  Welcoming Refugees to America”   “I Was a Stranger”   “Give Back”   I’m so very pleased that the Church is actively engaged in this matter.   May we be, too.  However small the contribution might be, it’s still something.  Which is considerably better than nothing.   Posted from London, England   [Read More...]

“Firm in the Faith of Christ”

    Bruce Webster and Martin Tanner come together for Interpreter Foundation scripture roundtable #175, which is focused on Gospel Doctrine lesson 31.  In other words, it treats Alma 43-52.   Scripture Roundtable 175: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 31, Firm in the Faith of Christ   I’m very grateful to all those who [Read More...]