- John Taber on Thoughts on Future Projects: “St. George, Utah is named for George A. Smith. Similarly, the St. Joseph Stake (with its core in The Gila Valley in Arizona but went way out from there originally) was named for Joseph Smith Jr.” May 29, 09:28
- on Thoughts on Future Projects: “I loved the Oxford study BOM and would love a comparable D and C version.” May 29, 07:19
- on Thoughts on Future Projects: “Since you are asking, those that most draw my interest to read are the 1830-1930 documents collection and a Rey L. Pratt biography. I guess that commits me to buy and read one of those if you create it. Was that the clever marketing purpose of this post, even if unrecognized by the author?” May 29, 07:17
- on Thoughts on Future Projects: “Two questions I use to help me: What can I write that no one else can? If the next project is the last thing I publish, what do I want it to be?” May 29, 04:53
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Thanks, Rebecca. Totally agree and appreciate you pointing that out!” May 28, 21:50
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “Just a linguistic comment: “ helpmeet” is a terrible translation of the Hebrew two word phrase ‘ezer kenegedo.’ “Helpmeet” carries centuries of Christian implications of passive submissiveness : not at all how our Heavenly Mother should be depicted. Most women dislike the word. Perhaps you could find a more creative and powerful description of God.” May 28, 18:40
- on Hymns Officially Rejected: “I would be very open to posting more of the hymns and tunes that didn’t make the cut on Times and Seasons.” May 28, 08:54
- on Transportation Theory and Algorithmitizing Mission Assignments: “I took a language test in the mid-70s. It was administered at an Institute building and I recall it being entirely on paper. Rumor had it that it was based on Kurdish. The results of the test probably had little to do with my call to Germany. I already had enough German credits to qualify for a BA (but I identified German as my least favorite subject in school). Or maybe it was the fact that I was called to my Branch President’s mission (where five of us from the branch served at the same time) and the Branch President’s father was on the missionary committee.” May 28, 07:35
