Norbert at BCC recently shared this reminiscence about his wilder days at BYU. What struck me most was the conversation in the comments between Norbert and his friends and acquaintances from those days. I caught glimpses of magical people from a mystical (or mythical?) time. Read More »
Havelock Ellis said, "It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great."... Read More »
When asked why life is hard, the Sunday school teachers of my youth replied, “Life is a test. It’s supposed to be hard.” The scriptures support the life-as-test perspective... Read More »
I’m sitting in my organizational management class right now. That (combined with having just finally finished Lengthen Your Stride,... Read More »
Well known LDS political pundit Glenn Beck recently told his radio listeners that they should leave churches with the... Read More »
I love General Conference. And not just because I get to have Couch Church. I love everything about it.... Read More »
Genesis 34 What was the sin of Dinah’s brothers? Was it that they took vengeance? Reread the Abrahamic covenant to... Read More »
Chapter Five: The Creation Read More »
I will concentrate my questions on Genesis 25:19-34 and 27:1-45, and I will add Genesis 33:1-20 to the reading... Read More »
Sleep: it’s more important than you think, especially for teenagers. Here’s from George Will’s latest column, “How to ruin... Read More »
I fell in love almost simultaneously, as a junior in high school, with historical linguistics and Hugh Nibley. Read More »
I have been researching Reynolds v. United States (1879), the Supreme Court’s first polygamy case, on and off for... Read More »
On the sweetness of Mormon life. Read More »
"Once upon a time, numberless spirits inhabited the vast chaos of space and unorganized matter. They exercised their minuscule... Read More »
A new issue of The Mormon Review is available, with David K. Jones’s review of You’ll Never Walk Alone... Read More »
When we read Genesis, what exactly are we reading? The distinctions and categories we modern readers bring to books... Read More »
I repeat the reminder: these are notes for study rather than notes for a lesson. Of course study notes... Read More »
I love my God. He loves me. Sometimes I suffer, and sometimes there is nothing He can do about... Read More »
We human beings don’t handle technological progress very gracefully. Those of us who have spent years doing things “the... Read More »
Many Mormons find that many Christian discussions are compatible with Mormon belief. We cheerfully borrow from C.S. Lewis,... Read More »
The sweaters that these penguins are wearing are designed to save their lives after oil spills off of the... Read More »
Here’s a quote from Lesson 7, “The Abrahamic Covenant,” that caught my attention in Sunday School: The great majority of... Read More »
An oft-quoted passage from our Bible Dictionary states that “only the home can compare with the temple in sacredness.”... Read More »
While discussing the development of Mormon culture at the recent Brazilian Mormon Studies Conference in São Paulo, Brazil, one... Read More »
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