Some of you, and perhaps many of you, may be familiar with the name of Sir Edward Elgar. Even if you’re not, you’ve almost certainly heard his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (1901) — especially the part that comes in at about the two-minute mark in this recording. There were several Pomp and Circumstance marches, and the Enigma Variations, and a host of other compositions. And yet, although he certainly ranks among the greatest of English composers,... Read more
Well, we checked off most of the items on our list during this visit to Newport Beach: We had a meal at the restaurant (The Farmhouse) at Roger’s Gardens, and another one at the Beachcomber at Crystal Cove. I had a date milkshake at the Shake Shack just off of the Pacific Coast Highway near Crystal Cove (overlooking the Beachcomber), just as I first began to do with my parents back as early as I can remember, when we... Read more
These items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. They represent, by my calculation, the 624th consecutive week in which the Foundation, which has existed for slightly more than 625 weeks, has published at least one article in its online journal: “Are There Ten Commandments for Latter-day Zion?” written by Dennis Newton Abstract: New faith traditions often modify existing religious tenets to accommodate the particulars of their membership’s needs. A specific example is how different faith communities... Read more
New materials are constantly appearing on the otherwise completely dead and rapidly dying website of the very nearly comatose Interpreter Foundation. Here are two recently posted items: Hugh Nibley Observed: “Editing Hugh Nibley: The Man and His Legacy,” written by Shirley S. Ricks “My personal experience of working with Hugh Nibley’s books and manuscripts began in the late 1980s when there was a big push to get several books out in time for the upcoming year when the Book... Read more
I’m slowly and carefully reading through the talks that were given in April 2024 at the most recent general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This passage, from the remarks that were delivered at that conference by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (“Covenant Confidence through Jesus Christ”), stood out to me against the background of the current strikingly toxic and hyper-partisan atmosphere of American political discourse: The house of the... Read more
This item was posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28: They “Never Did Fall Away” Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 28: They “Never Did Fall Away”: Alma 23-29″: This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 28 covering Alma 23-29, we only have lecture 53 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Alma 23-27. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught... Read more
You might enjoy this seven-minute video: “Behind The Scenes | The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.” It provides background for Episode 5 of the video series “A Marvelous Work”: “Who Actually Saw the Gold Plates? | A Marvelous Work Episode 5” On a closely related note: “Interpreter Radio Show — June 23, 2024” For the 23 June 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, the hosts were Steve Densley and John Thompson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book... Read more
This is a great story: “BYU’s James Corrigan earns miraculous bid to Paris Olympics with special steeplechase performance: Corrigan achieved the unimaginable on a hot, humid night in Philadelphia” I think, though, that knowing the background helps very much in appreciating it. Here’s an article that was published before Brother Corrigan’s successful race: “Inside the mad scramble to give a BYU runner the opportunity of a lifetime: After finishing third in the Olympic trials, steeplechaser James Corrigan has one last... Read more
My adopted home state is taking a starring role in a new set of films. If you can access these — I know that you can access the third one but I’m less certain about the first two — I think that you’ll find them interesting: National Review: “Horizon Is Costner’s Daring Love Letter to the American West” National Review: “Movie Preview: Horizon: An American Saga: Filmmaker Kevin Costner returns to the frontier for a tale of the settlement... Read more
Yesterday marked an important anniversary in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And so does today: Deseret News: “A 195-year look back at the men and women who saw and held the plates that became the Book of Mormon: Friday, June 28, is the 195th anniversary of the day three witnesses experienced a vision of the angel Moroni with the golden plates that Joseph Smith would translate into the Book of Mormon” Deseret News:... Read more
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