The True Birthplace of Christ — The Tower of the Flock

The Relationship Between Rosh Hashanah and Mormon Temples

Earlier last week, Jews around the world completed a three-day celebration know commonly as “Rosh Hashanah”. In Hebrew, it means literally “head of the year”, as it is the New Year festival established by Israel’s God in Leviticus (specifically 23: 23–32). The phrase…

The Book of Job as the LDS Endowment

One book of scripture has given Bible scholars more cause for disagreement than any other: the Book of Job. The disagreements range from who and when it was written, the purpose behind its literary construction and alternating poetic/prose style, the spiritual…

Understanding Job’s Behemoth and Leviathan

Introduction: A little over a year ago, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a recorded presentation of Dr. Mack Stirling’s presentation at the Temple on Mount Zion conference sponsored by the Mormon Interpreter Foundation. His remarks were titled…

Abolish the Eagle Court of Honor

On Sunday evening our ward held an Eagle Court of Honor for 6 of our young men. An impressive feat for any ward, but especially impressive to me as we live in the Midwest, far away from the epicenter of LDS scouting. It’s a credit to an excellent scoutmaster and involved…

Reasons I’d Be Atheist, But Choose to Be Religious

Putting it Mildly

Without Eugene England, I Probably Wouldn’t Attend Church

Reflections on the Growth-Promoting Gifts of Paradox

Seer Stones and Meditation

There have been a flurry of articles over the last 2 1/2 years regarding the translation process of the Book of…

Questions, answers and burning hearts: Luke 24:13–35

This is something that I wrote a while ago but I thought I’d put it up here to see how it works. It’s perhaps not typical of the things on Medium but I wanted to see where it goes, which I realize may be no where.

A Valentine’s Letter to My Wife: Why Are You Still Married to Me?