A nice introduction to Book of Mormon Central, from someone centrally involved in it:   http://www.studioetquoquefide.com/2016/05/ward-fhe-presentation-put-away-childish.html#more   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    A curious story from the unfailingly interesting Middle East:   http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/14/libyas-central-bank-hires-safecrackers-to-break-into-own-safe.html?intcmp=hplnws   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    The invaluable Jeff Lindsay makes a point about Martin Harris and Charles Anthon that I’ve made myself a few times recently (that I had vaguely suspected for years, but only had confirmed to me a a year or so ago) and, in its support, recommends some reading that I’ve enthusiastically endorsed and that I endorse again now:   http://mormanity.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-thought-on-book-of-mormon-origins.html   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865603354/The-supposed-war-between-religion-and-science-and-its-casualties.html   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina       Read more

    Another helpful note on the Interpreter Foundation website from Taylor Halverson: http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/mosiah-12-16-martyr-in-disguise/   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    Or — not to worry! — maybe it’s not really a question of character but merely one of sanity:   Washington Post:  “Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself”   Fox News:  “Reporter: Trump leaked tape of himself posing as publicist”   The New Yorker:  “Donald Trump and the ‘John Miller’ Tape: A Question of Character”   Unspeakably weird.   And this is the man to whom millions of Americans want to entrust the leadership of the... Read more

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865654236/The-development-of-early-Christian-sanctuaries-from-temples-to-homes-to-basilicas.html   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    We’re here in North Carolina to join in celebrating the graduation of one of our nieces from Duke University.  She will receive a degree in mechanical engineering.  Yesterday, we saw her commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force.  She’s already received assignment to a major air base in the Upper Midwest.   “Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else.”  (Sir Tom Stoppard, Anglo-Czech playwright)   “A transition period is a period between two... Read more

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865594809/An-ancient-pagan-prophecy-of-Christ.html   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more

    http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/05/more_hilariously_stupid_science_questions_and_this_time_some_of_them_will_make_you_think_.html   Posted from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina     Read more