What would you add?
More than 80 years ago, the poet T.S. Eliot wrote these lines, destined to become a maxim:
“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”
They’re questions that are more urgent than ever, as today’s digital landscape often feels further…
In his book Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Facebook investor Peter Thiel argues that founders should build startups that are so innovative they don’t have competitors. It’s best, as the title indicates, to go from zero (nothing) to one (something original). If you…
Forget a future “solemn separation.” Choose each other now.
Heaven is broken, at least as it’s currently envisioned by many Christians around the world. We could look at any number of denominational creeds to see why. …
We need a new vision for faith.
Sometimes, my kids ask strange questions that I don’t have the answers to:
How do stalactites form? How many stars are in our galaxy? What’s the best-selling videogame of all time?
The answers aren’t in my head. But they are easy to find online. So I show my kids how…
God is love. We should believe it.
“For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever?”
— Mormon 9:9
“God is love.”
— 1 John 4:16
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One of my more unnerving moments in an LDS Sunday School meeting happened during a lesson on Noah’s ark. Throughout the lesson, I’d been reflecting on…
Have you ever tried reading a plain English version of the biblical Book of Ezekiel to a 10-year-old?
I have, and it’s weird. On a whim one Sunday morning, I pulled it out to read to my son, recounting how Ezekiel finds a brick, draws a picture of Jerusalem on…
A Meditation on Evolution and Purpose
For most my life, I’ve thought of my heritage as coming from a single tradition: Mormonism. That’s my people, who I am—part of a pioneer story.
It’s like this: Six generations ago, my ancestor William Ogden joined the LDS Church in Lancashire, England and immigrated to Richfield, Utah. On my…
Two weeks ago, I wrote a letter to LDS Trump supporters that got far more attention than I expected. The response was almost uniformly positive, but I also received several messages I feel are worth addressing.
Why? Because I’m haunted by the words of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer. “Trump…
Growing up in Utah County during the nineties, I couldn’t hear the end of Bill Clinton’s sex scandal in the White House. It was one of the first stories in my political awareness, and the whole thing affected me so deeply that for years if you’d asked me what I…
Recently, a friend messaged me. “You used to be a moderate free thinker,” he wrote, “but somehow the left got you. Retrace your steps and let me know what it was.” …
Jon Ogden
Co-founder of UpliftKids.org, a program that pulls from ancient wisdom and modern science to help parents build values in the home.
