For some reason, the tune of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is going through my mind. I’m told that something with political implications may have occurred there. But, for reasons that I’ve explained earlier, I no longer post on partisan politics or follow partisan politics or even know that there is such a thing, so I’m going to return to a topic on which I dare to have an opinion: I’ve posted on three prior occasions here... Read more
My wife and I will be heading in a couple of hours down to Cedar City, Utah, where we’ll be attending the wonderful Utah Shakespeare Festival, which is one of my adopted state’s priceless treasures. We’ve been attending the Festival annually for something on the order of thirty-five years — except, painfully, last year, when we simply weren’t in the country long enough to be able to pull it off. I deeply regretted that omission because, during my... Read more
Did I announce this article of mine from Meridian Magazine? I think that I may have neglected to do so, even though it was published nearly two weeks ago: “Are Latter-day Saint Temples too Lavish?” My wife and I recently watched a streamed version of the Latter-day Saint British Pageant that is performed every four years (I think) near the Preston England Temple in Chorley, Lancashire. The pageant tells the story of the beginnings of the... Read more
It seems that construction of the proposed Cody Wyoming Temple will go forward on the site that had been selected for it, and very possibly even with the tall tower of the original architectural plan: “Surprise: Gigantic 77-Foot Steeple For Mormon Temple In Cody Gets Approved After All: By not specifically rejecting the 77-foot steeple that’s caused months of controversy, the Cody Planning and Zoning Board apparently has OK’d the initial Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... Read more
With a weekend looming before you, are you afraid that it’s going to be another interminable wasteland of playing Solitaire and binge-watching re-runs of I Love Lucy? Take heart. Bid adieu to ennui and despair. The Interpreter Foundation has your back. Here are two articles that have appeared just today — perfect for the weekend! — on the Foundation’s website: “Withstanding Satan’s Siege through Christ’s Iron Rod: The Vision of the Tree of Life in Context of Ancient... Read more
I’ve been saddened at the news over the past few hours. The destruction of the historic town of Lahaina on Maui and the loss of life there are depressing. I first visited Lahaina in 1970, staying in the old Pioneer Inn. Nearly a century and a quarter old, it was built almost entirely out of wood — and it’s now apparently gone. The massive banyan tree nearby has been damaged, if not killed. Lahaina’s art galleries and restaurants... Read more
The interview that I did on Monday is now available for your viewing both at The Last Dispensation and at Christian Homestead. Watch it at your own risk. And something interesting has just gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “Conference Talks: The Story-Cycles of the Patriarchs and Temple Progression,” given by John S. Thompson My wife and I went last night to a showing of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. It... Read more
I recorded an interview on 1 Corinthians 14-16 earlier today with Hank Smith and John Bytheway for their Follow Him podcast. We had a good time. (At least, I did.) I’ll try to announce here when it goes up. We went out to dinner with friends last night and then, together, attended a strong performance of Newsies at the Hale Centre Theatre. I’m not really into dance (which is putting it mildly), but the choreography was very good.... Read more
Early this afternoon, I recorded a joint virtual podcast interview with Troy Ables, of The Last Dispensation, and Jarred Davies, from Christian Homestead. I’ll try to mention it when the interview goes up, just in case anybody out there is even remotely interested. (I expect that some of my most obsessive critics will want to hear it, at least.) Latter-day Saints don’t use the term natural theology very often, if at all. In fact, we don’t... Read more
To my mind, the improvised panel discussion this past Friday, which was the last day of the 2023 FAIR conference, was truly remarkable. I’m almost tempted to label it “historic,” as it included three of the most prominent current experts on Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon all together on the stage. I repeat here what I posted about it on that day: Jenny Reeder was supposed to speak this morning about “The Eliza R. Snow Project,” but... Read more
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