Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2010
I’ve been teaching a lightly-attended Institute class this summer, on scripture study. We’ve talked a lot about techniques and tools; last night we covered commentaries. The following comes from the handout and discussion. What’s a commentary? Generally speaking, a commentary is an extended analysis of some other text, whether the Bible, Book of Mormon, a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2010
Once upon a time, my wife and I watched a TV movie on a basic cable channel — the TV-edited version of a movie that was originally rated R in theaters. It was okay, but the interesting part was what we didn’t see.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2010
(My internet connection is radically unstable, so I’m posting this while I still have a connection, and will update the notes as able. Also, our podcast widget is on the fritz, but I’m leaving the code in, below.) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Click here to listen in this window, or right-click and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2010
An eight-year-old waits for the pageant to start. What about you? Visiting any of the church’s pageants this summer?
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2010
Is seeing something that just happens when light hits your retina, or is it a mental process? In two books I recently read, scientists describe what it’s like to see things, and they describe it as more than a simple sensory function. For example, William Herschel, an astronomer from the late eighteenth century described his [...]
Posted in Bible, Church teaching, History, Scripture on Jul 15th, 2010
Right about now in Gospel Doctrine classes, everyone should nearing the Divided Kingdom stories, when Jereboam breaks off and takes 10 tribes with him, and we get two Israelite kingdoms (Israel and Judah) with two Israelite kings (Reheboam and Jereboam.) And coincidentally right about now, it gets darn hard to keep everyone straight. Instead of [...]
Posted in Bible, Doctrine, History, Podcast, Scripture on Jul 13th, 2010
Lesson 26: 1 Kings 3-11 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Having technical issues with the plugin at the moment, but if you click on the download link below, it will open and play without downloading. Download link is now visible again, and here’s the direct link to the audio file. http://media.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Media/MormonPodcastLesson26.mp3 Right-click here [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2010
My last post on patriotic music in church got me thinking of sort of the opposite side of that coin – sacred music in the public sphere. Specifically in public schools. Last year, a U.S. Appeals Court in New Jersey upheld the Maplewood – Orange County school district’s decision to ban all religious music [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2010
I’m on the road, so the podcast and notes are a little bit rougher this week. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click here to download. Partial Transcript Notes and References
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