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Shanghai Latter-day Saints Recently on TV in China
Two members of my branch, one of three branches in Shanghai, were recently featured on significant television broadcasts. First, here is a link to a recorded TV broadcast about Jeff…
The Stuff of Stars
(Originally posted at The Nauvoo Times.) An LDS acquaintance of mine has recently discovered science, it seems, and no longer accepts the scriptural account of Creation. Among his online writings,…
From a Tiny Village in China: A Thank You to Foreign Friends
I’d like to introduce you to the most self-reliant people I have ever met. Noble people who have a message to some of my readers and friends: “Thank you for…
Utah’s Obesity Problem: Not Quite What You’ve Heard
Turns out that some questions are quite stupid after all, or at least highly uninformed. “Why are Mormons so exceptionally fat?” is the common and uninformed question that Daniel Peterson…
America’s Privacy Problem (That Other Problem)
America has shifted its attitudes on privacy. While some Americans remain uncomfortable with a government that can step into their private lives at any moment to listen to their conversations,…
Useful New Resource to Explore Meanings of Book of Mormon Names
The plausibility of Book of Mormon names has been an interesting and fruitful area for students of that ancient volume of scripture. There are many stories to be shared such…
A Father on Loan
In the early 1950s, my father, a young man on a small farm who loved sports and fishing, was drafted out of his familiar mountain village and sent into the…
How’s Your Family Tree?
Just checking. Here’s one model family tree from the Shanghai Wildlife Park.
Chewed Out Some People Today–And Stirred Up a Bitter Memory of Failure on Mission Street
A Time to Speak Out As a stranger and guest in China, I’ve tried very hard to not make a fuss and generally just quietly accept the way (or rather,…
Did Joseph Smith Blunder with an Impossible Quote from Malachi Before He Was Born?
In my last post, I mentioned that someone who left the Church cited the alleged plagiarism of Peter in Acts 3 as the first evidence in his list of objections…
