Church statement on Federal Marriage Amendment

Posted on May 30, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 76 Comments

I’m guessing M* was knocked out of service over the weekend by the huge debate over at T&S on, yes, you guessed it, Same Sex Marriage. The debate was so raucous that its effects rocked the entire Bloggernacle, temporarily disabling our server. But, we’re back.
In any case, the Church statement was supposed to […]

Memorial Day and the troops

Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 27 Comments

Regardless of whether you support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, you should be able to support the idea of showing appreciation for our troops. I do this in very small ways: when I see troops in uniform (almost always returning from Iraq or Afghanistan), I thank them for their service in protecting […]

Can Mormon Jews observe the Torah?

Posted on May 24, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 31 Comments

I just read a fascinating post on Jews who convert to Christianity but who believe God still requires them to keep the Law and has a special covenant with the Jews still.

Conference Announcement

Posted on May 23, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments

A CALL FOR PROPOSALS
“Faith and Knowledge: Latter-day Saints in Religious Studies”
A Conference for LDS Graduate Students in Religion
Yale Divinity School, Yale University
February 2007 (exact dates TBA)

Thank the Lord for Gladys Knight

Posted on May 23, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments

I attach a story that was sent to me in an e-mail today from the Washington Post. Sorry I have not been able to find the link. This story just filled me with a hopeful Spirit.
MORMON CHURCH
A Star Act Helps Unite The Faithful With Song
Gladys Knight Tells Of Church’s Release From Segregation
By Hamil […]

“If ye are not one…”

Posted on May 23, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 19 Comments

“…ye are not mine” (D&C 38:7)
In Joshua 6-7, we read about how immediately after conquering Jericho, the Israelites were surprisingly defeated by the weaker people of Ai. Understandably concerned–since, after all, the Lord had basically said Israel would never be defeated in battle when He was with them–Joshua prays for answers and is told […]

Elder Hinckley cites Anchor Bible Dictionary

Posted on May 23, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 8 Comments

Since General Conference just wasn’t available in Troye France, my wife and I didn’t hear any of it. Instead, we attended Mass with a Catholic family we know, which led to a very interesting Gospel-related conversation. In any case, you can’t tell the following from listening to Elder Hinckley’s talk, only reading it.
I was reading […]

All in all, the world’s going pretty well

Posted on May 22, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 4 Comments

We Latter-day Saints can sometimes be a pessimistic lot. Just think back to recent discussions in Gospel Doctrine — everything’s going to heck in a handbasket, right? I happen to think some societal trends are negative, but Michael Barone points out things are going quite well, thank you.

After School Christian Clubs

Posted on May 22, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 28 Comments

The Wall Street Journal weekend edition reported that after-school Bible study clubs are soaring after two recent court rulings allowed them to take place. The total number of after school Good News clubs is up to about 2,500 nationally since 2001, when the first ruling took place. Many of the clubs are founded […]

Anonymity and (finally!) a new web page.

Posted on May 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 13 Comments

Those of us in academia but without tenure tread carefully. With few exceptions I can think of, everyone in the category of LDS, professionally unestablished, and online has shifted to an alias or first-name only basis.
And now, so have I. I’ll just be going by “Ben” from now on, and my bio has been […]

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