Monthly Archives: August 2007
More “September Dawn” silliness
[UPDATED 03/03/07 - 1625 MDT] I was wrong on one prediction below — “September Dawn” managed to break the $1 million mark for total gross to date (vs. a production budget of $11 million). However, it did nosedive in number … Continue reading
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Just for the record…
..Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) is not Mormon. Terry Mattingly, over at GetReligion.org, notes that every person he’s queried (in Washington DC) has assumed that Craig is Mormon because Craig’s from Idaho. Nope. Just sayin’. ..bruce..
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LDS welfare system
Today’s Denver Post has a well-written article on the Church’s welfare system, including a focus on the cannery/bishop’s storehouse here in Denver. Excerpt: The Mormon Church’s bounty and efficiency regularly spill over into global disaster relief. Within two days of … Continue reading
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Who gets saved, revisited
From Berkeley Breathed, some observations on salvation: Click on the image to see the whole comic; I think it’s quite funny. But be sure to check out last Sunday’s Opus strip that the Washington Post thought was too offensive to … Continue reading
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“September Dawn” flops
[UPDATED 09/09/07 - 0752 MDT: Someone else has noticed possible parallels between the Utah War and the US invasion of Iraq. In the meantime, "September Dawn"has now vanished entirely from Denver theaters after just two weeks.] [UPDATED 08/30/07 – 1742 … Continue reading
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Nighttime stories
“xkcd” is one of my favorite web comics, and the strip today made me smile and wince at the same time: True story: after my freshman year of college at BYU (1971-72), I served a full-time mission for the Church. … Continue reading
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Succession in LDS Leadership
[UPDATED 01/27/08 2125 MST] This entry is suddenly getting a lot of hits, due undoubtedly to the death earlier today of Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley. With the death of Pres. Hinckley, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ … Continue reading
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Pres. James E. Faust (1920-2007)
One of my most distinct LDS General Conference memories over the past 40 years surrounds Pres. Faust being called as a General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After having been sustained as an Assistant to … Continue reading
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Ah, those troublesome Buddhas
It’s hard at times to distinguish between real news and The Onion: Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s … Continue reading
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