I may be the only English-speaking Mormon of my generation who has never seen Saturday’s Warrior.  Not in any form.  Nor heard the music.   Not for any principled reason.  I’m not trying to make a statement.  I just haven’t.  (I’ve also never watched an episode of The Cosby Show or Seinfeld.)   So I’m curious about this:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865629491/Saturdays-Warrior-director-shares-details-about-2016-motion-picture-reboot.html   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

    Which, I think, being interpreted, just means that we’re going to build a church:   http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/05/faith_matters_mormons_to_build_a_flagship_church_i.html   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

    Just a note to remind you of the award, for which the deadline, while not yet upon us, is approaching:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-ruth-m-stephens-article-prize/   Even if you’re not interested or qualified yourself, please call this to the attention of others who are.   Posted from Berlin, Germany Read more

    Thought-provoking:   http://ldsmag.com/the-threats-to-religious-liberty-from-current-international-conflicts/   I think he has a point.   I’m writing from the former Soviet sector of (East) Berlin, which still shows unmistakable material traces of nearly five decades of Communist rule.  I fear, especially given the poor quality (and, sometimes, the ideological character) of historical and political instruction in many American schools and colleges, that American young people don’t understand the lessons of the past.   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

    I wrote a column several years ago about the notion that those who disagree with my theology are, theologically speaking, entirely wrong.  Not merely mistaken on one or more points, but utterly and completely wrong.  Contradictory at every level. Thus, for example, Catholic beliefs about God are totally wrong, there’s no truth at all in Buddhism, and Allah is a completely different God than is the Christian Elohim or Jehovah. I don’t believe this.  I’ve never believed it.... Read more

    Seemingly so:   http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/federal-court-rules-pro-life-views-are-patently-offensive/   Thanks to Jeff Camomile for bringing this to my notice.   Will dissent from gay “marriage” soon be ruled offensive hate speech?  Curious minds want to know, but fear the possible answer.   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

    Kris Frederickson, Ben McGuire, and Dan Peterson gather for this 123rd Interpreter Foundation scripture roundtable, which, focusing as it does on 2015 Gospel Doctrine lesson 25, covers passages from Matthew 26, Mark 14, and Luke 22:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scripture-roundtable-123-new-testament-gospel-doctrine-lesson-25-not-my-will-but-thine-be-done/   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.  (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Posted from Berlin, Germany Read more

    I have few regrets (other than jet lag) about being over here at the moment.  But I’ve really been looking forward to seeing this film, and I won’t be back until several days after it opens:   http://ldsmag.com/the-cokeville-miracle-is-faith-affirming/   I’ve spoken with people from the area who know a great deal about what happened.  This is a compelling story.  I hope the movie is up to the job.   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more

      http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/418811/why-gay-marriage-study-was-faked-and-why-we-should-expect-more-it-ian-tuttle   Posted from Berlin, Germany     Read more