Engaging in Denial
Posted on April 27, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 135 Comments
Fellow blogger here, John Mansfield, came up here to Provo last week and we had an enjoyable time at lunch. We’d actually both worked at Los Alamos while at college and knew each other from the ward there. We had some good conversations but the one thing that kind of struck with me […]
Read More..>>“It’s not a Christian film, it’s a Mormon film.” Ignorance strikes again.
Posted on April 27, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 9 Comments
Apparently, Armand Mauss doesn’t like driving 85 miles to see a movie, only to be asked whether he’s a Christian at the movie theater box-office.
As reported here, a theater in San Diego apparently was warning people when buying tickets for God’s Army 2/States of Grace that it’s “not a Christian film… it’s […]
Novak on Romney’s religious test
Posted on April 27, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 56 Comments
One of the more respected political commentators, Robert Novak, writes that evangelicals have privately told him that millions of their followers will not vote for Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon, no matter what, even if it means the election of Hillary Clinton.
UPDATE: RICHARD LAND OF THE SOUTH BAPTIST CONVENTION SAID THE FOLLOWING […]
Fun Family Home Evening idea for Easter
Posted on April 25, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 10 Comments
We were traveling on Easter and couldn’t really celebrate the way we should have. When we got back, our Primary President had prepared a Family Home Evening package related to Easter that helped create one of the most spiritual FHE’s we’ve ever had as a family.
Read More..>>Church again endorses Marriage Protection Amendment
Posted on April 24, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 110 Comments
I received the following e-mail today, signed by a host of religious leaders and Elder Nelson. At the same time, the Church web site announced its support of this initiative.
I thought this was a good reminder from the Church web site:
Because national campaigns on moral, social or political issues often become divisive, […]
Old Testament Lesson 17 Readings and Podcast
Posted on April 24, 2006 - Filed Under Any | Leave a Comment
Gospel Doctrine Old Testament Lesson 17: “Beware Lest Thou Forget”
The mp3 file can be found at
http://www.millennialstar.org/media/podcast/OldTestamentLesson17.mp3 (19.2 MB )
Jim Faulconer’s excellent study questions can be found here:
http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=3107
The text of the readings follows:
Missionary withdrawal
Posted on April 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 35 Comments
I met with my cousin a couple weeks ago, and she was unusually somber. She had just gotten back from an overseas mission a week before, and she turned to me and said, “I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to be here. I want to go back. They […]
Read More..>>Bunnies! Bunnies Everywhere!
Posted on April 20, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 14 Comments
One problem faced by computer science people (such as myself) in regards to security is–as phrased by this blog post–the “dancing bunnies” problem:
Read More..>>Time for a little fun: M* in Redneck dialect
Posted on April 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
We’ve been much too somber around here lately. So, it’s time for a bit of fun: I have translated M* into Redneck. Be sure to choose the dialect you want (Redneck is the funniest, imho), then hit “dialectize” and then read my post on immigration, with the comments from lotsa rednecks.
Read More..>>Old Testament Lesson 16 Readings and Podcast
Posted on April 18, 2006 - Filed Under Any | Leave a Comment
No more listening to Bryce — Someone pointed me to the Church’s online mp3 collection, and I’ve assembled the appropriate files from there.
The mp3 file is here: http://www.millennialstar.org/media/podcast/OldTestamentLesson16.mp3 (17.3 MB )
The text of the readings (Numbers 22-24; Numbers 31:1-16; 2 Peter 2:15–16; Jude 1:11; Revelation 2:14) follows:
