J. Max Wilson

J. Max Wilson is an emeritus blogger. You can visit his personal blog at http://sixteensmallstones.org.

Alternate Voices: Why I Am Abandoning the Bloggernacle

Posted on August 22, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 103 Comments

* The contents of this post are my own and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Millennial Star or its contributors.
Before anything else, I want to apologize to the folks at By Common Consent for the harsh criticism I insensitively levied against them a week ago. Even though I think that my […]

Excerpts from Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

Posted on August 17, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments

Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen, in any sense attacking logic: I only say that this danger does lie in […]

Whose woods these are I think I know

Posted on August 15, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 101 Comments

By Common Consent has a new look, a new partnership, and a new, high profile blogger.

Disappearing Monologues

Posted on August 11, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments

The disappearing posts of the Times and Seasons are the stuff of legends.

Conversion at an Early Age

Posted on August 11, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 11 Comments

One of the interesting results of Rusty’s recent bloggernacle survey is that 63% of respondents said that they either always had a testimony or that they gained a testimony before the age of 18.
12% always had a testimony
16.7% before the age of 12
34.3% between the ages of 13-18.
I think that some people have a […]

The M* Bloggersnacker Details

Posted on August 9, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 17 Comments

Attention all M* readers–commentators and silent lurkers:
As previously mentioned,
You, your family, and your fiends are invited to The Millennial Star Bloggersnacker, this Friday, August 12th, at 7:00pm at Rock Canyon Park in Provo, Utah. The Park is located a few blocks north-east of the Provo Temple, right up against the foothills.

The Savior’s Lemonade

Posted on August 8, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 10 Comments

I am not a big fan of hot weather. In fact, I spend a good deal of summertime wishing it were springtime or falltime. However, there is one thing that happens only in summer that makes the heat worth it to me: I love to see children sitting out on street corners, under umbrellas […]

Anti-Religous Science

Posted on August 5, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 58 Comments

Over at the Huffington Post Blog, Sam Harris, author of the best selling book The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, has posted his reaction to President Bush’s comments about teaching Intelligent Design. Harris’ post received gushing approval from well-known, pro-evolution author Richard Dawkins.
In the church we often repeat the aphorism […]