My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.  Michel de Montaigne     Read more

    http://www.mormonnewsroom.org.nz/article/christchurch-latter-day-saints-mobilize-to-support-communities-hit-by-earthquake       Read more

    I don’t know how many people the musical has brought into the Church.  Not many, I would guess.  But not zero, either.  Here’s one such story:   http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2016/11/15/how-irreverent-book-mormon-led-one-nashville-mans-conversion/93447544/     Read more

    Indeed he could.   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/16/syrian-president-assad-claims-trump-could-be-natural-ally.html       Read more

    As we near the end of 2016, many of us (at least in the United States) will begin to think about year-end donations.  For active Latter-day Saints, of course, that thinking involves tithing, fast offerings, and other donations made specifically to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   But many will also want to give at least a little bit to one or more other causes.  I’ve already mentioned the Interpreter Foundation, which I have the... Read more

    A new piece on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, from the remarkable Taylor Halverson:   Mormon 1-9. I Write that Ye Might Believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ     Read more

    Thank fracking, instead.   It’s Official: Falling Carbon Emissions In US Have Little To Do With EPA Regulations     Read more

    http://www.sltrib.com/news/4584355-155/critics-cringe-at-trump-strategists-ties   This is the third entry I’ve posted on Mr. Steve Bannon.  See also   “Reasons to be concerned about Mr. Trump’s announced ‘chief strategist and senior counselor'”   “A bit more on the controversial Steve Bannon, hero of the alt-right”             Read more

    May those who love us, love us, and those who don’t, may God turn their hearts, and if He doesn’t turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we’ll know them by their limping. An Irish blessing     Read more

    Just a little reminder from the author:   http://mormanity.blogspot.com/2016/11/part-2-of-dust-related-publication-is.html     Read more