CAN PROPHETS PREDICT THE FUTURE?
The other day I was listening to an episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast entitled, “How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future.” 1 As part of the episode, they interviewed Dr. Philip...
View ArticleBook Review: “Planted” by Patrick Mason
One of the most important and consequential phenomena in American politics over the last half-century has been the gradual alignment of political ideology and partisanship in the mass public...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the LDS Young Women’s General Presidency
To Presidents Oscarson, McConkie, and Marriott of the General Young Women’s Presidency: Once a month, the Young Women join us at the beginning of Relief Society, as we all recite in unison the Young...
View ArticleFollow the Prophet (Redux)
Being a parent features many cringe-inducing experiences. For my wife and I, one of those cringe-worthy moments was when we were at the home of my non-LDS parents-in-law and my children spontaneously...
View ArticleHistory: from Aspiration to Inspiration
The Restoration Completed I have very nearly finished reading every general conference talk given by the first four presidents of the LDS church: Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford...
View ArticleThe Racialization of Prophesy
America long ago fell in love with an image. It is a sacred image, fashioned over centuries of time: this image of the unharried, unconcerned, gladulatory, simple, rhythmical, amoral, dark creature…It...
View ArticleReflections on the 50th anniversary of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. A conference and gala event are being held on September 30th to commemorate this anniversary. In that...
View ArticleQ&A with Patrick Mason: Answers to Sundry Questions
Today we are pleased to feature an interview with Patrick Mason. He is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies and the Chair of the Religion Department at Claremont Graduate University. He is the...
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Of Black Sheep & #blacklivesmatter
Of black sheep and #blacklivesmatter I’ve had this post in my head for months. It still may not convey all that it means to me from the night my perspective shifted yet again. However, I’m going to...
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“Heed” Does Not Mean “Obey,” That Would Be Too Easy
[Though this post begins with a political reference, it is not a post about politics or partisanship.] I was listening to Sean Spicer yesterday try to explain when Donald Trump should be taken at his...
View ArticleRACISM IN THE BOOK OF MORMON – YEP, IT’S THERE
*Note: This essay draws heavily from the work of Dr. Armand Mauss’, All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage. For the sake of flow, I will not be footnoting nor putting...
View ArticleThe Theology of the Proclamation
Theology matters to me. I know it is normal to ascribe nefarious intentions and motives to why people leave the Church and they usually begin and end with sin, offense and being weak. You can really...
View ArticleFollow the Prophet (Redux)
Being a parent features many cringe-inducing experiences. For my wife and I, one of those cringe-worthy moments was when we were at the home of my non-LDS parents-in-law and my children spontaneously...
View ArticleHistory: from Aspiration to Inspiration
The Restoration Completed I have very nearly finished reading every general conference talk given by the first four presidents of the LDS church: Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford...
View ArticleThe Racialization of Prophesy
America long ago fell in love with an image. It is a sacred image, fashioned over centuries of time: this image of the unharried, unconcerned, gladulatory, simple, rhythmical, amoral, dark creature…It...
View ArticleReflections on the 50th anniversary of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought”
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. A conference and gala event are being held on September 30th to commemorate this anniversary. In that...
View ArticleQ&A with Patrick Mason: Answers to Sundry Questions
Today we are pleased to feature an interview with Patrick Mason. He is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies and the Chair of the Religion Department at Claremont Graduate University. He is the...
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Of Black Sheep & #blacklivesmatter
Of black sheep and #blacklivesmatter I’ve had this post in my head for months. It still may not convey all that it means to me from the night my perspective shifted yet again. However, I’m going to...
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