*** If you would like to watch the two-hour video of a Witnesses-related event that occurred in Provo, Utah, back on 14 October 2021 without needing to get through Deseret Book’s paywall, you can do so here. The completion of the video and its full going-public were slowed by a nearly tragic external factor that has now, thankfully, been largely overcome: “Deseret Book’s “What is My Witness” Event” The Interpreter Foundation is pleased to share here... Read more
*** A new review article appeared earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “A Deeper Understanding of the Temple in 175 Entries,” by David M. Calabro Review of Donald W. Parry, 175 Temple Symbols and Their Meanings (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2020). 310 pages. $26.99 (hardcover). Abstract: In a must-have book written for a Latter-day Saint audience, Donald Parry offers profound insights into 175 features of ancient and modern temples, including architectural features, aspects... Read more
*** Two new items from the astoundingly prolific Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Old Testament Commentary: Genesis 11 Overview: The Tower of Babel Old Testament Commentary: Genesis 12-17: The Covenant of Abraham *** And this is worthy of mentioning here, too: “LDS Film Festival Announces Lineup and New Vision” Don’t forget that the Interpreter Foundation’s new docudrama, Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of... Read more
*** Don’t forget about the upcoming 2022 LDS Film Festival, which will run 2-5 March at the SCERA Theater in Orem, Utah. The Interpreter Foundation’s new docudrama, Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, will receive its premiere there, on the evening of Friday, 4 March, and tickets are now available. *** Three new entries went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, all of them from the regular weekly Interpreter Radio Show:... Read more
*** Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 7 “To Be a Greater Follower of Righteousness”: Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2 Shorn of commercials and other distractions, the Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 7, “To Be a Greater Follower of Righteousness,” on Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2, is now archived and available at no charge for your edification and entertainment. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, and Hales Swift, with special... Read more
*** I’m pleased to announce that a new video, an hour and fifty-eight minutes in length, has now gone up on the website of Deseret Book: “What Is My Witness? Reflections From the Cast and Crew of Witnesses“ “Join the filmmakers and cast of Witnesses for a compelling look into the making of their critically acclaimed film.” It is accessible for your viewing at no charge. [ETA: Actually, it appears that you need to... Read more
*** Earlier this evening, we watched the sun go down over the island of Lānaʻi, not quite nine miles away across the ‘Au‘au Channel to our west. Beautiful hues of orange, red, and blue. A few days ago, I saw the famous sunset “green flash” from a cliff at Corona Del Mar, in California. Not tonight, though. If nothing else, Lānaʻi got in the way. Earlier in the day, we watched a very active pod of whales... Read more
*** We drove to Hancock Park today to meet with friends that we’ve known since our days of living in Egypt. They’re now living in the Los Angeles area, and the ones that we first knew when they were children now have (very lively) children of their own. We gawked at the La Brea Tar Pits, of course, but spent most of our time in the adjacent George C. Page Museum (and then at a leisurely lunch... Read more
*** A little article of mine — the most recently published installment of my regular column for Meridian Magazine — has appeared in, well, Meridian Magazine. (You expected maybe Rolling Stone?) I hope that some of you might enjoy and even benefit from it: “Why Latter-day Saints Cannot Disregard the Old Testament” *** Two new pieces went up online today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “Honoring Joseph’s Theophany... Read more
*** Several years ago, I read the superb book by Fiona Givens and Terryl Givens, The Christ Who Heals: How God Restored the Truth that Saves Us. I sometimes encounter derisive comments from certain critics about how shallow the doctrines of the Restoration supposedly are, and I readily admit that such complaints astonish me. I find the implications, entailments, and disclosures of the Restored Gospel radical and utterly, breathtakingly, profound. But then, many of the folks... Read more
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