In this, the 130th scripture roundtable produced by the Interpreter Foundation, Craig Foster, John Gee, Cassandra Hedelius, and Bruce Webster focus their discussion on Acts 18-20 and the Epistle to the Galatians, providing helpful background (we hope!) for students and teachers of 2015 Gospel Doctrine lesson 32:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scripture-roundtable-130-new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-32-live-in-the-spirit/     Read more

    We spent a couple of hours or so stuck yesterday on the winding road in the San Juan Mountains – often known as the “Million Dollar Highway” because of the expense of its construction – going down from Silverton to Ouray, Colorado. The place where we were stuck was beautiful, with forest all around us and a small river running through the gorge below us to our right.   We were stuck because, perhaps less than a minute... Read more

    Not going to church because of the “hypocrites” there is like refusing to go to the gym because there are people at the gym who’re out of shape.     Read more

    Luke 12:57-59 Compare Matthew 5:25-26   Where they can be avoided, strife and law suits should be avoided.   Did you know that, in the United States, there is one attorney for every 200 adults?   Not to fault lawyers, of course.  I very nearly went into the law myself.  But we are a litigious society, and that’s neither productive nor pleasant.     Read more

    For the Interpreter Foundation’s 129th scripture roundtable, McKay White, Martin Tanner, Stephen Smoot, and Cassandra Hedelius discuss the scriptures for Gospel Doctrine lesson 31, which are Acts 15-18 and 1-2 Thessalonians:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scripture-roundtable-129-new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-31-and-so-were-the-churches-established-in-the-faith/     Read more

    I’ve occasionally heard and seen comments to the effect that Muslims can’t be loyal Americans because their first allegiance is to Islam rather than to the United States.   But I would hope that, mutatis mutandis, the same thing can also and always be said of me.   Please don’t get me wrong.  I’m not proclaiming myself an insurrectionist or a traitor.  Nor, despite my concerns about current legal, political, and moral trends, am I an alarmist who... Read more

    Here’s a brief but interesting little item from Dr. James F. McGrath about his visit to the Indianapolis Indiana Temple, which is currently having its pre-dedication open house:   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2015/07/visiting-the-new-mormon-temple.html   Both exterior and interior photographs of the new temple can be viewed here:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/open-house-begins-for-the-indianapolis-indiana-temple?cid=HP_TU_7-14-2015_dPAD_fMNWS_xLIDyL2-3_   Thanks to Nathaniel Hancock for alerting me to this article.     Read more

    Interesting brain-activity correlations with action in service to others:   http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/cp-ais070915.php     Read more

    Interesting remarks from a Latter-day Saint scholar for whom I have considerable personal respect:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865632605/The-Churchs-global-historical-landscape.html?pg=all     Read more

    “Home is the nicest word there is.”  (Laura Ingalls Wilder)     Read more