To read more insights from Daniel C. Peterson, visit his blog: Sic Et Non. Cover image: An eleventh-century mosaic of the nativity of Jesus Christ in the monastery at Daphni, in Greece (Wikimedia Commons). Bill Hamblin and I published the following column in the Deseret News on 11 December 2015: When we think
As Mitt Romney prepares to relinquish his office at the end of the current Senate term, several media outlets have offered interesting reflections on his career as well as interviewing him to seek his own thoughts in retrospection. Here are two excerpts. The first is a link to an interview
With Christmas coming, I have been contemplating gifts, and I realize that not one of my favorite gifts came from a store. That is not to say that I haven’t received astounding, thoughtful gifts over the years, but in memory, what jumps out to me are not the things that
Father Lehi taught that “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy” (2 Nephi 2:25). But if joy is our very reason for existing, why is it often so elusive for so many? Many readers of this column see their lives as the result of unfulfilled promise or
The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. RootsTech 2025 has announced the first four keynote speakers for next year’s event. The global family history gathering — scheduled for March 6-8, 2025, with an in-person event in Salt Lake City, Utah, and available
“The table is set. The people of Israel welcome Jesus as king while his disciples anticipate his crowning. But—instead of confronting Rome—he turns the tables on his own religious festival. Their power threatened, the country’s religious and political leaders will go to any length to ensure this Passover meal is
Since I consider the book Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott to be a masterwork of empathetic, yet disciplined child raising, I was delighted when Haim’s widow, Alice Ginott, gave me her approval to update and revise the book. As I met with her in her NYC apartment, I
How strange it is to us that the Jaredites would go to war, then the winner would put the loser into captivity. There is further discussion on this captivity not being prison, as they have children, even many children, so they likely have multiple wives, indicating they are still living