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The True Meaning of Christmas
Why do I celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in the month of December? To the best of my knowledge, shepherds did not keep watch over their flocks by night late in December, in the area of Bethlehem; it would … Continue reading
Reading Mother Goose to Pre-Schoolers
My sisters and I, decades ago, loved for Mommy to read to us from the orange books (by Childcraft), including Poems of Early Childhood. If you can get hold of a copy to read to your three-year-old or four-year-old, how fortunate! … Continue reading
Definition of “Marriage”
A Specific Noun For those of us who speak English, is there any commonplace idea that we prefer not to be labeled with a word? The natural direction of growth for the English language is to add a word to our vocabulary … Continue reading
Book Recommendation: “Writing Tools”
I recommend Writing Tools, by Roy Peter Clark, for many reasons, one of which is the first chapter, “Begin sentences with subjects and verbs.” Don’t call me a hypocrite, if you’ve read something I wrote before 2012. I didn’t know any … Continue reading
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Nazi Germany Versus 21st Century America Re. 9-11
The war between the United States and Germany in the 1940’s is irrelevant here; this compares freedom of speech in two nations, regarding who was responsible for the 9-11 attacks on citizens and buildings in America. How do our present … Continue reading
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Book of Mormon Textual Evolution?
I once read a comment, from a young man if I recall, about the possibility that the Book of Mormon had been changed, over the past two centuries, presumably to cover up a non-Divine origin of the original 1830 version. It appeared … Continue reading
The Alchemist
This bestselling fiction by Paulo Coelho delighted me for several days. I recommend it to LDS and non-LDS readers, without reservation. The Alchemist actually has little reference to the one called by that title, until well into the story, and … Continue reading
The Book of Mormon and the Birth of Jesus Christ
How important that we each receive a personal testimony of the Divine origin of the Book of Mormon! Without that spiritual witness, we might be deceived by shallow criticisms. The following is taken from one of my pages of “Book … Continue reading
What Kindergartners Say!
Last month, while waiting for hamburgers at a BurgerKing in Lakewood, California, the kindergartner I had just picked up from school started testing me on my math skills. An approximation of our conversation has been published on the blog Long … Continue reading
Live Pterosaurs in America, Third Edition
How do you promote the sales of the third edition of your nonfiction book? I’d like to know that. On Amazon, the first two editions of my cryptozoology book Live Pterosuars in America are still being purchased while the newly published (expanded, … Continue reading
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