Secret Lives, “Mormon” Wives, and Some Upcoming Events

Last updated on: September 12, 2024 at 9:51 pm By Dan Peterson

Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw and Steve Densley created the following report of upcoming Interpreter Foundation events — above and beyond the Foundation’s weekly publication of articles and its weekly two-hour Interpreter Radio Show — for this afternoon’s iteration of the regular monthly virtual meeting that the leaders of the various organizations hold to coordinate matters between FAIR, Interpreter, Scripture Central, and the B. H. Roberts Foundation. I added a little bit to the report. Please recall that, according to some... Read more

The Wonder of It All

Last updated on: September 11, 2024 at 9:05 pm By Dan Peterson

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We’re surrounded in this remote area of southeastern Utah by magnificent vistas and fascinating geology. And yet, one of the great things here, with the three other couples who have come here with us, as well as elsewhere is time spent simply talking, sharing stories, reflecting on our deepest believes. I always think, in such settings, of the familiar song from the late John Denver: I have to say it now, it’s been a good life all in allIt’s... Read more

A Blog Entry from “Mars”

Last updated on: September 10, 2024 at 8:59 pm By Dan Peterson

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Yet another new item has been posted on the moribund website of the Interpreter Foundation: Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 38: “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer”: 3 Nephi 1-7. This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 38 covering 3 Nephi 1-7, we have lectures 80, 81, and 82 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Helaman 13–3 Nephi 7. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley... Read more

The hope of a virtuous pagan

Last updated on: September 9, 2024 at 10:23 pm By Dan Peterson

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I attended the funeral this morning of my friend James Brown Allen, who passed away recently in his ninety-eighth year. In my experience, the faith-filled funeral services of good people are among the best and most inspirational of meetings, and this one was no exception. Neal Lambert, like the Allens a resident of the Jamestown Assisted Living Center, was the first speaker. They had known each other since the days when, as young men, they had worked in the... Read more

On contending for the faith

Last updated on: September 8, 2024 at 2:27 pm By Dan Peterson

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We were fortunate in casting a remarkable “Joseph Smith” (aka Paul Wuthrich, whom many of you will also know through his leading role in Escape from Germany) in our movie Witnesses. And we knew that we would need to be similarly fortunate in our casting of a Brigham Young for Six Days in August. Paul Wuthrich will reprise his role as Joseph Smith in Six Days in August. However — spoiler alert! — he does not last through the... Read more

Resources regarding the “Transfiguration” of Brigham Young

Last updated on: September 8, 2024 at 8:23 pm By Dan Peterson

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IMPORTANT: For those who are in Utah Valley, or who may or can be in the vicinity on the evening of Wednesday, 25 September, I would like to announce a major fireside. It will take place at the SCERA Center for the Arts, in Orem. I hope that you will make plans to be there: “Unveiling History: Six Days in August Fireside.” A good time will be had by all. I expect that many Latter-day Saints are aware of... Read more

The Latest in Mahonri Moriancumr Studies

Last updated on: September 6, 2024 at 9:43 pm By Dan Peterson

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Two new articles have gone up on the website of the never-changing and completely dead website of the Interpreter Foundation: “The Man with No Name: The Story of the Brother of Jared as an Anti-Babel Polemic,” written by Walker Wright Abstract: Within the text of the Book of Mormon, the name of Jared’s brother is never revealed. Various reasons have been offered for the lack of a name, but nothing conclusive has been offered. Taking a cue from the... Read more

“Hearing Wilford Woodruff’s Testimony in His Own Voice”

Last updated on: September 5, 2024 at 10:44 pm By Dan Peterson

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Somehow I missed it when it occurred, but an article written by . . . well, written by me went up a couple of days ago in Meridian Magazine: “Hearing Wilford Woodruff’s Testimony in His Own Voice.” I hope that you’ll read it. And I hope that you’ll enjoy it. Also in the “me section” of this blog: I joined in the recording of an audio podcast earlier today with Scott Woodward and Casey Griffiths for their “Church History... Read more

Slightly more than a month to go!

Last updated on: September 4, 2024 at 8:33 pm By Dan Peterson

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As the release date for Six Days in August approaches, I find myself thinking about the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, the Patriarch. Thomas Sharp and his conspirators down in Warsaw to the south, and the mob that did the deed in Carthage to the east, thought that, by murdering Joseph and Hyrum, they had put an end to “Mormonism.” Now, though, Thomas Sharp and his cronies are completely forgotten — except as evil... Read more

“Gazpacho”? Really?

Last updated on: September 3, 2024 at 11:21 pm By Dan Peterson

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This is a stunning story about the converting power of the Book of Mormon and about the motivating power of personal faith: “Refugee walks 728 miles to be baptized after reading Book of Mormon: Amos Makulu walked across Tanzania to be baptized as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now in New York, he is instrumental in creating a Swahili-speaking branch.” It offers yet another example of the fascinating stories that are emerging out of... Read more

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