The Goates Notes (tm)

For many years in the Church there has been a constant battle between what used to be called the "intellectuals" vs. the "con...

It has been a few weeks since my last post. My lapse in writing can be attributed to a definite malaise that has settled in on my mind. I am...

In 1999, I prepared some thoughts about this topic and handed it out to the members of my gospel doctrine class. Sixteen years later, my son...

My father, now pushing 94 and still going strong mentally, is only the latest in my circle to be swept up in what has been called the "...

I learned yesterday that today was supposed to be "the big one" here in Utah. Someone (I'm not certain who because this is the...