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Cohabitation has increased a staggering 1,500 percent in the last half-century, marking a seismic social change in the fabric of society. The New York Times reported, “In 1960, about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Now the number is more than 7.5 million...

I will never forget my first, eye-opening year at BYU. I had arrived a fresh, impressionable, know-it-all, long in the tooth, college freshman. I had been raised in truth and righteousness, and been accepted to my first choice university. What didn't I know? Like so many other BYU students, I had expected to be surrounded by like-minded individuals with the same caliber standards...

I have been fascinated for some time about the dense orbital race track of stars around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. With an estimated million stars within a three light year radius, it is truly miraculous that the system can stay in balance without destroying everything...

The weekend of April 7-8, 2012 marks a grand celebration of Passover and Easter on many ancient calendars. These multiple alignments, at the very heart of the meaning of these holy days, point our minds to how central the resurrection is to ancient calendars that God seems to be using in scheduling sacred events...

Anyone else getting a little tired of how the media assumes that Mitt and Ann Romney are important to Mormons? Or maybe I should say, how the media assumes Mitt and Ann Romney are “important Mormons.?” This is the line that got me going, "Ann Romney is now the most famous Mormon on Pinterest—but far from the first." It came from Gawker...

Earlier this week I wrote here about the “Mormon Moment,” a phrase gaining popularity throughout the media as Governor Mitt Romney’s presidential ambitions soldier on. We may have been here for over 116 years now, but apparently Mormons are just now getting interesting...

First day of Forgotten Carols rehearsals and I’m a happy guy.  Reunited with great friends anticipating the best season ever and already having way too much fun.  As we reviewed the blocking of the show and looked for better ways to bring the story to life we found some really fun stuff that’s been buried in the script for several years but now seems to be surfacing...

Three days of chores and I’m feeling “chore’d out”.  Don’t get me wrong...

I did something wonderful today.  I gave my wife and my daughter and my granddaughter a gift.  I gave them a nap.  Put them in their napping spots, closed the doors, plumped their pillows took Bucky on an adventure which took all afternoon. I’m currently patting myself on the back…taking full (and I mean FULL) credit for my wonderfulness...

I was interviewed today.  Utah Valley Magazine has been around ten years and they asked if they could do an article on me for the November/December edition.  The writer was kind enough to come up to Scotshaven to do the interview and as I reflect on our time together I realize something about myself.  I talk to much...