It’s a Small World, or I want to go back to Germany!

As I have mentioned before, I work tech support for a large global organization.  What I actually mean is, I work tech support for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  It is a unique and amazing opportunity to work 'behind the scenes', so to speak, to help the Church function.  This job definitely …

LDS Plan of Salvation as Archetype of the Monomyth

[Update:  I just found out that my abstract was accepted and that I'll be presenting this paper at BYU in October at the Literature and the Sacred Conference! Should be quite an experience! More details will be coming hopefully this week.] This is the brief summary version of a paper I’m working on.  This clocks …

My Complaints about LDS Sunday School, or Teaching in Church.

Coming on the heels of an amazing video I found, where Taylor Mali talks about teaching, using the line, sarcastically,  "The problem with teachers is, what's a kid gonna learn from someone who decided that his best option in life was to become a teacher?", I have been thinking about teaching, especially teaching in Church, …