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Seeking help from readers in Canada, the UK, and beyond
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Seeking help from readers in Canada, the UK, and beyond

Streaming services Deseret Video+ and Living Scriptures seem to work differently in different countries — as, of course, do DVDs. I could use your feedback.
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Dan Peterson
An infallible formula for never lapsing into inactivity in the Church
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An infallible formula for never lapsing into inactivity in the Church

When he first shared his formula I thought, "That's it?! Really?" But decades later it seems a little bit less empty to me, and a little bit wiser, than it did when I first heard it.
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Dan Peterson
Don L. Lind, RIP
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Don L. Lind, RIP

A faithful Latter-day Saint, Don Lind was a retired NASA astronaut with a doctorate in high-energy nuclear physics. Here are my stories with him.
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Dan Peterson
God Knew
MikeChristensen.Blog

God Knew

There is no greater blessing than family. There is no greater love than the love for children. Before Chandler was born, my wife and I did not know just how much we needed him in our family.
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Mike Christensen
At IANDS
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At IANDS

My wife and I spent much of the day at the annual conference of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), which is being held (through Sunday morning) in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was fascinating, as I expected it to be.
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Dan Peterson
Rage against the machine – but no actionable plan
TomPittman.Blog

Rage against the machine – but no actionable plan

As machines evolve, how will humans?
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Tom Pittman
An ancient idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33, as well as a demonic attack in Lancashire
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An ancient idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33, as well as a demonic attack in Lancashire

Wrote Heber Kimball, "I then sat on the bed and could distinctly see the evil spirits, who foamed and gnashed their teeth upon us. We gazed upon them about an hour and a half".
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Dan Peterson
The Wisdom Bearers
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The Wisdom Bearers

The Tlingit word for elder, "at wuskóowu", is also the Tlingit word for "wisdom bearer". When people embrace healthy attitudes about aging and the elderly, the entire society benefits.
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Tom Pittman
"What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU"
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"What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU"

This article, written by the forthright and courageous Cassandra Hedelius, is both extremely important and extremely concerning.
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Dan Peterson
Into Thin Air?
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Into Thin Air?

Full-throated denunciations of the Church over recent incidents have been obviously eager. As more details come to light, will critics adjust their views to align with facts?
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Dan Peterson
Controversies Past and Present
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Controversies Past and Present

In my years of experience at BYU — which represent most of my adult life, as either student or faculty member — I did not find racism endemic or even very common. (As a matter of fact, although I assume that it existed, I never saw it at all.).
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Dan Peterson
Thinking, from Dover back to Amsterdam
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Thinking, from Dover back to Amsterdam

It worries me is that a large number of Americans, many of them members of the social, economic, and political elite, no longer seem to recognize much if any value in the freedom of religion
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Dan Peterson
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