A Note on Revelation

I have always loved the Doctrine & Covenants and am excited for this year’s focus on that book of scripture in Sunday School.

The Influence of Education

Kudos to a New York University journalism student in Prague for an interesting story that involves Mormons and religion (ht:T&S).

Drafts

It’s funny but with this new WordPress dashboard all of my drafts appear to have been redated January 1, 1970.

Early Bloomers

In England they start kids off on an activist career very young, it seems.

Temples at the Center

I like the idea of keeping our temples at the center — of our lives and our cities.

I just noticed green mormon architect’s home run on why it makes sense to locate temples in city centers rather than at the periphery in far-flung suburbs. The reasons are intuitive and persuasive — go check them out. I hope that our temple building will trend in that direction from now on.

Battlefield Germany

Last month a potentially controversial essay appeared in Germany’s Die Welt newspaper that is both substantively interesting in its own right and informative about historians’ interpretation of facts and the historical record more generally.

Verstehen Sie Spass: Bathroom Mirror Prank

For those of you who, like me, are having a very long day today, take a few minutes to enjoy this video. It is in German, with English subtitles: the German version of “Candid Camera”. This prank is hilarious (and it brings back fond memories of being in Germany too)!

It’s not shockingly new, so you might have seen it already, but I just saw it for the first time today myself. Enjoy!

Land of Milk and Gasoline

Gas is cheaper than milk in Phoenix.

Trusting Christ’s Atonement

I recently observed an Evangelical Calvinist (ignore that contradiction in terms for the moment) state that Latter-day Saints were incapable of works that “come from a heart freely and fully forgiven for all sins” which, the claim was made, were the only works God wants.

The Old Testament Prophesies of … Santa Claus?!?

Reposted from last year, for your amusement:

Several people have expressed concerns about celebrating pagan symbols, such as Santa Claus, at Christmas, since he is a “lie“. Well — I am here to lay all your concerns to rest, because the Old Testament prophesies of Santa!!! So let’s open up our Old Testaments, shall we?