I missed it, but I would like to see it:   “‘Mormon Connection’:  Documentary explores the global network of Latter-day Saints”   I’ve long been powerfully struck by the same phenomenon when I’ve been traveling, of meeting old Latter-day Saint friends for the very first time.  It’s really quite remarkable.     Read more

    This is a thought-provoking article.  I probably part company with the author on some points, but it’s worthy of discussion:   http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2017/04/20/why_its_time_for_the_mormon_church_to_revisit_its_diverse_past_110131.html     Read more

    I’m just a tad slow in calling attention to this interesting article:   http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2017/04/19/tomb_full_of_mummies_unearthed_at_luxor_110254.html     Read more

    This helpful statement was published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 12 July 2012:   “The Church and Its Financial Independence”   It’s a useful resource for addressing those who want to see the Church as about amassing wealth — for somebody or other — rather than serving the Lord and his children.       Read more

    This is an interesting move.   When you read the article, you learn the main focus of the Church’s donation:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678205/LDS-Churchs-donation-to-new-Museum-of-the-American-Revolution-totals-roughly-25-million.html       Read more

    The story is told in early Muslim sources of an old woman in Mecca, during the first years of Muhammad’s prophetic ministry, who made a habit of throwing trash in his way whenever he passed by her house.   One day, when he walked out of his home there was no garbage.  This made Muhammad inquire about the old woman, and he soon learned that she was sick.  The Prophet went to visit her and to offer her any help that she might need.... Read more

    A brilliant insight from a very famous Yale theologian and ethicist of a couple of generations back:   “We must fight their falsehood with our truth, but we must also fight the falsehood in our truth.”  H. Richard Niebuhr     Read more

    You may have missed this.  I did at first, too.  But it’s a good story, and will make a difference in many lives around the world:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677069/New-LDS-pilot-programs-bring-education-to-Mormon-children-in-island-nations.html     Read more

    “Once again, Time magazine’s top 100 influential people list shortchanges the religious world”   The American news media typically do undervalue the world of religions and religious believers.  (They’re not alone in such underestimation:  American foreign policy people largely missed the rise of militant Islam and the role that Pope John Paul II would play in bringing down Eastern European Communism.)  And, when the media talk about religion, they often get it very wrong.     Read more

    I’m curious to see the postgame reports on how this march (or these marches) went today.  On this as on several other questions:   “The March for Science Is Willing to Get Political. But Will It Welcome Religion?”     Read more