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Will Huntsman split the Mormon vote with Romney?
caption id=”attachment_1361″ align=”alignleft” width=”236″ caption=”Huntsman or Romney”][/caption] Apparently it is not too early to start speculating on the 2012 election. Ambassador (and returned missionary) to China, Jon Huntsman organized a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday. Even the Wall Street Journal is curious about Huntsman’s presidential aspirations. Asked about Huntsman’s presidential aspirations, “I’m sure that him having […]
LDS Film Festival 2011
There’s just 1 week until the LDS Film Festival. I love to go. Once again, there are too many films I would like to see, and not enough time off work. To see the full schedule with descriptions, click here. Here are some movies that sound interesting to me, though I won’t be able to […]
If God Looks Upon the Heart, Why do Leaders Look at Grooming?
1 Samuel 16:7 says, “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” Why do LDS leaders spend so much time […]
Ethical Dilemmas: My Sister’s Keeper
My wife and I watched My Sister’s Keeper from Netflix this weekend. Here’s the Netflix description: A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to […]
The Wentworth Letter
I posted my initial impressions of the Kindle over at Wheat and Tares. One of the coolest “books” I received at Amazon for free was the Wentworth Letter. For those of you who don’t know, Joseph Smith wrote a history of the church to John Wentworth, the editor of a newspaper called the Chicago Democrat in […]
Why Isn’t Sacrament Meeting More Spiritual?
I listened to an interview of Jana Reiss on Mormon Expression a few weeks ago, titled “Why Mormon Meetings are So Dull.” She discussed a book called Sundays in America by Suzanne Strempek Shea. Shae is a novelist in Massachusetts who attended 52 church services over a year. This author attended a Mormon Sacrament meeting. […]
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