“I have found there is a wonderful harmony in the complementary truths of science and faith.  The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome.  God can be found in the cathedral or in the laboratory.  By investigating God’s majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship.” Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.     Read more

    Only one of these items was principally designed to draw laughs:   “How Trump’s campaign staffers tried to keep him off Twitter”   “Japanese Interpreter: Translating Trump Word For Word Makes Us ‘Sound Stupid’”   “Through Donald’s Eyes”   Can you tell which one it is?     Read more

    When President Hinckley announced the Perpetual Education Fund at General Conference some years ago, I was deeply moved.  Hard-hearted, unemotional Scandinavian that I am, I teared up.   This new program thrills me just about as much:   http://deseretnews.com/article/865674172/What-the-BYU-Pathway-program-is-in-11-graphics.html     Read more

    I wasn’t aware of this wonderful story until it was brought to my notice tonight by my equally wonderful wife, who, despite the viciousness, the perpetual uncontrolled rage, and the savage misogyny that some of my anonymous online critics see in me, remains astonishing loyal and even friendly to her unbearably monstrous husband:   http://www.thecoast.net.nz/shows/days-with-lorna-subritzky/this-is-a-must-read-take-a-gander-at-this-amazing-but-little-known-9-11-story/     Read more

    “Hell, madame, is to love no longer.”  (Georges Bernanos)   Contrast that definition with the famous remark in No Exit (Huis clos), by the French atheist existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)), which, I realize can be (and has been) interpreted in various ways:   “L’enfer, c’est les autres” (“Hell is other people”)     Read more

    An interesting and provocative article by Dustin Phelps:   http://happiness-seekers.com/2017/01/02/the-alarming-truth-behind-anti-mormonism/   Thanks to Helen Condon for calling it to my notice.     Read more

    Available through the website of the Interpreter Foundation, an interview with Joseph Spencer:   Episode 8: What is Isaiah Doing in the Book of Mormon? – Joseph Spencer     Read more

    A nice story in and of itself, but perhaps not particularly newsworthy.  However, you’ll soon notice the aspect of the event that gratified me the most:   http://www.ksby.com/clip/13131581/san-luis-obispo-residents-invited-to-get-to-know-your-muslim-neighbors   Thanks to my friend Jussi Kemppainen for bringing it to my attention.     Read more

    This was, to me, a fascinating article:   https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-gen-y-guide/201702/why-millennials-are-lonely   I found myself wondering whether the phenomenon is related — as either cause or effect or some combination of the two — to the rise of the religious “nones,” and to the increasing number of those (especially of the younger generation) who are disaffiliated from communities of worship and, indeed, from communities altogether.   I also found myself thinking of the ex-Mormon message boards that I’ve seen, where... Read more

    Daniel Peterson When Tuesday, 28 February 2017, at 7 PM Where 9118 S Redwood Rd, West Jordan, UT 84088, USA (map) Description “Peter, Paul, and the Popes of Rome” Both Peter and Paul died in Rome. Christians were persecuted to the death there. How, then, did Rome become the capital of western Christianity? Where did the institution of the papacy come from? Is St. Peter’s Basilica really built over the apostle’s tomb? I’ll try to set out what happened... Read more