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November 2017

November 02, 2017
This, I think, is important enough for a post. Lesson 42 on Continuing Revelation highlights Official...

October 2017

October 25, 2017
These are books/authors I quote or allude to in the slides of my fireside/Sperry Symposium...
October 04, 2017
My Oct. 8 fireside in Claremont will be repeated in San Antonio, Tx on Saturday...

September 2017

September 30, 2017
My Oct. 8 fireside in Claremont will be repeated in Rochester MN on October 22. (Flyer)...
September 23, 2017
If you live in the Los Angeles area, I'll be giving a fireside on October...

August 2017

August 28, 2017
I received a trio of books recently, so I'm providing some brief thoughts on what...
August 13, 2017
You have likely heard that a member of the 70 was recently released and excommunicated....
August 04, 2017
My FairMormon presentation reiterated parts of two previous papers I have presented. That text should...
August 02, 2017
The Maxwell Institute Seminar draws to an end with a public conference this Thursday. I'll be...

July 2017

July 30, 2017
In the LDS Perspectives podcast, I alluded to this passage from Kenton Sparks' section in Genesis: History,...
July 19, 2017
I was interviewed last year for the LDS Perspectives podcast, which I recommend. Therein, I...
July 14, 2017
In a little less than a month, I'll be speaking at the FAIRMormon Conference in...
July 01, 2017
I've not had a lot of time to write here recently. I have done a...

June 2017

June 06, 2017
  Here is a copy of my MHA presentation text, "Early LDS Attempts to Reconcile...

May 2017

May 21, 2017
My semester has ended, and now I enter into a busy summer of reading, writing,...
May 04, 2017
Few Mormons, I think, know that May 4 is a significant day in LDS liturgical...

April 2017

April 20, 2017
It's paper-writing season for me, not a ton of time to blog anything substantial.  However,...
April 09, 2017
First, Fortress Press is having a massive ebook/Kindle sale through the end of April. There's...
April 01, 2017
I've often had Misreading Scripture Through Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible on...

March 2017

March 22, 2017
I've got some public speaking coming up, and I'm excited. First, I'll be in Utah over...
March 07, 2017
What do I mean by "transitional Mormonism"? (Part 1 is here if you missed it.)...

February 2017

February 22, 2017
The Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology will hold a conference at Claremont, March 2-4....
February 17, 2017
It's Logos' 25th Anniversary, and they're offering a $25 coupon through March 1. That means it's...
February 16, 2017
I still haven't had time for the second post in my Transitional Mormonism series, but I...
February 11, 2017
I'll get back to my Transitional Mormonism and Tradition, but I was really excited about...
February 01, 2017
I wrote the last post while traveling and have just started a new and busy...

January 2017

January 11, 2017
Occasionally, one hears Mormons (usually laypeople) critiquing Protestants for slavish and uncritical interpretation of the...
January 01, 2017
A few scattered thoughts on what "the only true and living Church" might and might...

December 2016

December 27, 2016
I've agonized a bit over how to handle D&C this year. Here's what I have decided and...
December 21, 2016
I've plugged Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) before, a great magazine (with pictures!) aimed at interested laypeople....
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