Dan Peterson

We're worn out. Commonly our days seem very dark. Have we believed in vain? The tomb was empty, Jesus had risen. So for all of us Easter will come. Our Saturday of uncertainty and defeat does not, will not, continue forever.

There are many reasons why people leave the Church, but most do not leave after considerable study and research and struggle.

I carry on now with my loose appropriation, for my own nefarious purposes, of the online “List of Fine-Tuning Parameters” compiled by Jay W. Richards.

If there is anything at all that might be termed something like a terrestrial paradise, I suppose that the Hawaiian Islands might come close.

I sometimes read that faith is irrational. And sometimes I even hear that said by committed Latter-day Saints. I strongly disagree.

Nearly 40% of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament has been translated into Hawaiian pidgin.This is absolutely marvelous stuff. Seriously. The language is sheer joy. And it’s actually a wonderfully fresh way to read familiar biblical passages. I love it.

An 11-year study of 9,815 "active California Mormon adults" concluded that "the Mormon lifestyle" is associated with substantially reduced death rates and increased life expectancy.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell wrote, “Defending the faith intelligently is only one kind of aid we might offer our far-flung brothers and sisters, albeit surely the most important one.”

I hope to convene a conference (and of subsequently publishing a collection of the conference papers) in which believing Latter-day Saint scientists can write on how their science and their faith not only co-exist but mutually nourish each other.

I don’t understand the hostile secular critics who want to detach believers from their faith, and, if possible, to pull the Church from its foundations. To live in a caring community that is replicated and represented around the world, is a deeply good thing.

Stephen King struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years as he was cementing his stature as a prolifically best-selling writer. He speaks with frankness and considerable authority on the matter of creativity and addiction.

"Lord, it is time. Let the great summer go, Lay your long shadows on the sundials, And over harvest piles let the winds blow."