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The Secret Behind Guanxi: Earned Trust
In China, everything in the business world and in much of life seems to be based on guanxi (pronounced like gwahn-shee), the Chinese word that is often interpreted as “relationships”…
Apologetics: Still an Important Tool in Strenghtening Faith
Over at MormonInterpreter.com, Steven T. Densley, Jr. in “Should We Apologize for Apologetics?” reviews a book on LDS apologetics. He makes some excellent points that members of the Church should…
Learning from Russell M. Nelson’s Response to an Inspired Recommendation from President Kimball
In the October 2017 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared a story on…
Settling an Old Score with Lisbon — and Learning from Portugal’s Religious Toleration
In 1984, I had a great but somewhat disastrous trip to Portugal. A few things went terribly wrong on that first international trip on my own. My earlier mission to…
Artificial Intelligence and the Nature of Intelligence in LDS Theology
In Amsterdam, where I have been for the past few days, I just attended a thought-provoking presentation by speakers from Intel and ABB. Claudia Jamin, Group Vice President of IP…
Prayer and the Journey of Two Thousand Kilometers That Begins the Thousand Kilometer Trip
According to a modern Chinese proverb, a journey of a thousand kilometers begins with a single ordeal involving two thousand kilometers of back and forth trips to get approval to…
Provident Living Just Got Harder, Courtesy of Equifax: Some Steps You Can Take (Hint: You Need a Credit Freeze)
Equifax is one of three large credit agencies that provide a valuable public service. They collect, gather, and store vast amounts of information about you and your purchases and payments,…
Heroic Salt Lake Woman Stands Up for Law, Order, and a Patient’s Rights — and Gets Arrested by Salt Lake Police
I am a law and order guy. I was raised in a family with a mother who had a “Support Your Local Police” bumper sticker on our car, and I…
The Human Cost of Drawing People Away from Faith
Anti-Mormon zeal brings a high human cost, in my opinion. Sometimes I see people who seem to value attacking Mormonism more than actually helping the people they are supposedly trying…
Thinking About Marriage: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s 2015 General Conference talk, “Why Marriage, Why Family,” recently came up in a dinner conversation as an intriguing example of helping LDS people to think more…
