Proselytizing is PG

Posted on June 9, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 11 Comments

Scripps-Howard News Service has a story about a low-budged independent film that received a PG rating for its overtly prosleytizing Christian content.
It seems like a reasonable decision to me, given the flawed nature of the MPAA system. Others disagree.

An Icelandic Mormon Family in the early 20th Century

Posted on June 8, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments

A couple months ago, Brother J. Stapley wrote some thoughts on the Cardston temple. After enjoying them, I considered that Alberta is a significant branch of our Church’s history with which I have no personal connection. Pondering it further, though, I remembered that I do. Thanks to Canada, I’m a Nevadan.

The Legal Ramifications of Gay Marriage

Posted on June 6, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 26 Comments

First the obvious. I’m not a lawyer and am reasonably ignorant in things legal. Second I tend to tune out in most of the gay marriage posts both here and elsewhere. It’s just not that terribly interesting a debate to me. I’m opposed to gay marriage but I don’t feel particularly […]

Gov. Romney writes to his Senators

Posted on June 5, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments

Gov. Romney has written to his Senators on the Marriage Protection Amendment. He ties his position closely to the Massachusetts experience.

French Celestial Fashions?

Posted on June 5, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 34 Comments

OK, folks probably have wondered what happened to me. I’ve just been busy so I’ve only posted a few times here the past month or two and only slightly more at my own more technical blog. But I was at the SLC Temple yesterday and a thought came into my mind. […]

Secularists vs. right-wing fundamentalists: who’s more of a threat?

Posted on June 2, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 48 Comments

The post below on the Church and FMA has taken an interesting turn, and I think it’s worth constructing a new thread on this issue. The question at hand is: who is more of a threat to the Church, leftist secularists or right-wing Christian fundamentalists? In this post I will argue that […]

Friday Morning Question: Scouting in 2006

Posted on June 2, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 95 Comments

In the vein of Matt’s occasional Monday Morning Question series (and in case people need a break from talking about you-know-what)
My question: What place does Scouting have within the modern day LDS Church?

Happy B-day to BY

Posted on June 1, 2006 - Filed Under Any | Leave a Comment

As a boy, I was fascinated by the exploration and pioneering of the American West and read many books on the matter. Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, John C. Fremont, the Donner Party, the Oregon Trail, homesteading, and the Comstock Lode were among the topics the younger me became familiar with. And, of course, […]

« go back