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Church + Music = Fun

January 25, 2010 | 39 comments
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Church + Music = Fun

Music is a wonderfully enriching part of church life, both in worship services themselves and in church culture generally. It’s a blessing in many, many ways—including ways that are light-hearted and fun. Forgive me, then, for sharing the following not-so-serious and rather random stories with a musical twist. (1) The ward where I grew up was blessed with a strong number of musically talented individuals, including organists, choristers, and singers. One of those in the chorister rotation was an older gentleman who was a retired professional musician. I’ll always be grateful to him for giving me one of my... Read more »

Appreciating the Qur’an

January 19, 2010 | 72 comments
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Appreciating the Qur’an

The several parallels between the Book of Mormon and the Qur’an have been noted before: the Qur’an serves as proof of Muhammad’s prophethood, an additional (although superseding) witness of the Bible’s God and salvation history, the source of devotional reading and instruction for believers. It is central to the piety of Muslims and commands their highest esteem. For non-believers to glibly dismiss it offends Muslims the same way we take umbrage when the Book of Mormon is described as something any nineteenth-century, Bible-literate yokel could have tossed off between lunch and dinner. In other ways, though, the Qur’an is... Read more »

Reflections on the Islamization of Knowledge

June 4, 2009 | 10 comments
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The historical grandeur of Islamic intellectual achievement has been both a blessing and a burden for modern Muslims. There is, on the one hand, a great and justified sense of pride in the accomplishments of the giants of the tradition—the Sibawaihs, Ibn Sinas, Ibn Haythams, and Al-Ghazalis. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Old School Scripture Mastery

May 28, 2009 | 8 comments
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Although Moroni was anxious about the Nephites’ “weakness in writing,” he does note that the Nephites were able to “speak much,” and that their spoken words were “powerful and great” (see Ether 12:23–27). Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Tales from My Fathers

May 22, 2009 | 14 comments
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Tales from My Fathers

My paternal grandfather, Marc Ricks, is 98 years old. He was born in September 1910, just a few months after President Hinckley. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

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  • DSM-5 now includes “caffeine withdrawal” (Sam)
  • Sen. Flake’s son attracts attention for racist tweets. (Kent)
  • Big tent Mormonism. Well, bigger. (Dave)
  • “SLC betrayed its founders’ vision” – here’s how to get it back(James)
  • 4 slain youth (English version)(James)
  • Lincoln and His Critics(Adam G.)
  • Four LDS youth in El Salvador murdered following LDS event (in Spanish). (Kent)
  • Not again! – Mormon Bishop arrested for sex abuse (Kent)
  • Fired for being Mormon? (Kent)
  • Inequality by the numbers.(Julie)
  • A great article about missionary work.(Julie)
  • No way to represent.(Julie)
  • Weak families, weak faith–an Eberstadt interview(Adam G.)
  • The drug war in N. Mexico imprisons visiting Mormon mother(Kent)
  • Mormon Book Review joins the Maxwell Institute. (Adam)
  • Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys(Alison)
  • All kinds of awesome.(Julie)
  • Watched this last night for FHE (Dave)
  • QUIT WORRYING, WE’RE FINE! (Ben S.)
  • Sister Monson passed away.(Julie)

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