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."

I’m impressed with the rapidity of the dictation of the Book of Mormon, and with the complexity of it. But that’s only part of an argument that Joseph Smith wasn’t the book’s author, which is only part of the overall cumulative argument for its authenticity and divinity.

There are two message boards that I look at fairly often. (I like to know what’s agitating the people there.) On one of them, there’s invariably a thread every Sunday wherein people list all the wonderful things that they’re doing that day instead of attending church.

My wife and I attended a session at the Manhattan New York Temple late this morning. It’s a remarkable place, a small gem, astoundingly quiet and serene despite its being surrounded by the noisy and insistent bustle of New York City.