{"id":78147,"date":"2019-09-14T22:18:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T04:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=78147"},"modified":"2019-09-14T22:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T04:37:22","slug":"the-spirit-of-elijah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/09\/the-spirit-of-elijah.html","title":{"rendered":"“The Spirit of Elijah”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Kj\u00f8snesfjord<\/a>
Looking from the end of Kj\u00f8snesfjord, a little arm of Lake J\u00f8lster, toward the Norwegian town of Skei in the very far distance. The farm on which my grandmother grew up is (barely) visible on the left bank of the fjord, just beyond the glacial stream and the green ridge in the foreground. My wife took this photo with her iPhone a few years back during a visit to Norway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The most recent iteration of the bi-weekly column by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson in the Deseret News<\/em> is now up and accessible:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the difference between cathedrals and large churches:\u00a0Size has nothing to do with whether or not a church is a cathedral.\u00a0The real question is whether it is the home church, the \u201cseat,\u201d of a bishop.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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We\u2019re just back from the Saturday evening session of our stake conference. \u00a0It was, to me anyway, an unusually good one. \u00a0Among the principal themes were family history and temple work, and some strong testimonies were borne.<\/p>\n

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When I retire \u2014 which certain pseudonymous online folks claim will happen very soon (at the end of this academic year, if not already by the end of the present fall term or even before) at the hands of my department colleagues, who (the same pseudonymous online folks report) are desperately eager for me to be shown the door \u2014 I hope to give a bit of attention to genealogical and family historical matters. \u00a0I\u2019ve felt them tugging at me for several years. \u00a0It\u2019s what Latter-day Saints commonly call \u201cthe spirit of Elijah,\u201d and a sense of it has been very distinct with me on occasions.<\/p>\n

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International matters:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe writing assignment 14 journalists had in the celestial room of the Frankfurt Germany Temple\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWatch: Sisters Nelson and Cook Sing Fun Duet, Talk Traveling with the Prophet\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAlmost a decade after Haiti quake, Latter-day Saints have rebuilt physically and spiritually\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today was such a busy day that I almost lost sight of its date. \u00a0Which would have bothered me a very great deal. \u00a0As it is, I\u2019ll wait until tomorrow to write something about the subject. \u00a0(Maybe, in retrospect, the feelings I had during stake conference tonight about obligations to ancestors had something to do with today\u2019s anniversary.)<\/p>\n

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My father would have turned 106 today. \u00a0He was born in rural North Dakota to a Norwegian immigrant mother and a Danish immigrant father, both Lutherans. \u00a0He grew up on farm in a family with seven children, five boys and two girls. \u00a0He\u2019s been gone for slightly more than sixteen years, and I miss him every day.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 The most recent iteration of the bi-weekly column by William J. Hamblin and Daniel C. 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