Roger Pimentel
@rogerpimentel.bsky.social
VP at @boncomslc, husband, father, Latter-day Saint, writer, and TIME Magazine 2006 Person of the Year. He/him. I write "From the Overflow" at http://www.rogerpimentel.com
Anybody going to MHA from Salt Lake or Utah counties, and want to carpool?
June 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Anybody going to MHA from Salt Lake or Utah counties, and want to carpool?
"The worth of souls is great in the sight of God" is a powerful theological concept. It refutes the idea of only a small group of elect being saved, and instead pushes more for universalism, or at least pluralism.
March 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The worth of souls is great in the sight of God" is a powerful theological concept. It refutes the idea of only a small group of elect being saved, and instead pushes more for universalism, or at least pluralism.
So Utah is close to being the first state to ban putting fluoride in the drinking water. Which means they're probably not going to like my proposal to put Beano in the drinking water.
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So Utah is close to being the first state to ban putting fluoride in the drinking water. Which means they're probably not going to like my proposal to put Beano in the drinking water.
that's the last time I eat soup in the shower
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
that's the last time I eat soup in the shower
I did a tough workout tonight, and it made it so I could barely scoop my ice cream afterward.
February 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I did a tough workout tonight, and it made it so I could barely scoop my ice cream afterward.
I can't explain it, but today while I was driving into the office, the words, "When I say 'hello, Mr. Thompson,' and press down on your foot, you smile and nod," just burst into my mind like they had never left.
January 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I can't explain it, but today while I was driving into the office, the words, "When I say 'hello, Mr. Thompson,' and press down on your foot, you smile and nod," just burst into my mind like they had never left.
My videos are starting to pick up a little bit of traction on TikTok, so yeah, time to shut it down.
January 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My videos are starting to pick up a little bit of traction on TikTok, so yeah, time to shut it down.
My faith tradition does not include having godparents, so I don't know much about that. And based on the first results in Google Image searches, I have concluded that a godfather and a godmother are very different things.
January 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My faith tradition does not include having godparents, so I don't know much about that. And based on the first results in Google Image searches, I have concluded that a godfather and a godmother are very different things.
Can I cite Family Search as a source, for dates (birth, marriage, etc.)?
January 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Can I cite Family Search as a source, for dates (birth, marriage, etc.)?
Like those spicy pepper-eating contests, but contestants eat items that are increasingly sweet until only one person remains
December 24, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Like those spicy pepper-eating contests, but contestants eat items that are increasingly sweet until only one person remains
Hot take: If you're having a missionary homecoming/farewell with lots of family coming, have them all sit in the back, out of the way of those who have come to worship.
December 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Hot take: If you're having a missionary homecoming/farewell with lots of family coming, have them all sit in the back, out of the way of those who have come to worship.
What's going to happen when Pentatonix runs out of Christmas songs? Are they just going to start over?
December 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
What's going to happen when Pentatonix runs out of Christmas songs? Are they just going to start over?
Have we gotten a Scrooge/Grinch collab? It seems like together they could stop Christmas from coming
November 29, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Have we gotten a Scrooge/Grinch collab? It seems like together they could stop Christmas from coming
Mariah Carey becoming synonymous with only Christmas blows my mind.
She has the second-most #1 hits of all-time, trailing only the Beatles (the Beatles had 20, Mariah has 19).
She is #1 for U.S. album sales for a female artist.
She was a megastar. All year round.
She has the second-most #1 hits of all-time, trailing only the Beatles (the Beatles had 20, Mariah has 19).
She is #1 for U.S. album sales for a female artist.
She was a megastar. All year round.
November 19, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Mariah Carey becoming synonymous with only Christmas blows my mind.
She has the second-most #1 hits of all-time, trailing only the Beatles (the Beatles had 20, Mariah has 19).
She is #1 for U.S. album sales for a female artist.
She was a megastar. All year round.
She has the second-most #1 hits of all-time, trailing only the Beatles (the Beatles had 20, Mariah has 19).
She is #1 for U.S. album sales for a female artist.
She was a megastar. All year round.
I'm looking for a tool that will let me take an entire text (say, the Book of Mormon), and then tag portions of the text for filtering. For instance, I might want to filter it down to text that is 1) about faith, and 2) from before Christ's appearance to the Nephites. Does this kind of tool exist?
November 14, 2023 at 2:25 AM
I'm looking for a tool that will let me take an entire text (say, the Book of Mormon), and then tag portions of the text for filtering. For instance, I might want to filter it down to text that is 1) about faith, and 2) from before Christ's appearance to the Nephites. Does this kind of tool exist?
My latest post... I feel like this history has been expunged. But it also seems like we need it more than ever. www.rogerpimentel.com/p/tim-ballar...
Tim Ballard, Ezra Taft Benson, and Latter-day Saints' Relationship with the Far Right
At the center of it all is our willingness to accept ideas simply because they come from another member of the Church.
www.rogerpimentel.com
November 1, 2023 at 9:37 PM
My latest post... I feel like this history has been expunged. But it also seems like we need it more than ever. www.rogerpimentel.com/p/tim-ballar...
Started watching The West Wing again. I love that show so much. It portrays a fictional, fantasy world where the U.S. government is functional.
October 12, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Started watching The West Wing again. I love that show so much. It portrays a fictional, fantasy world where the U.S. government is functional.
Who's going to be at the Restore conference this week? Would love to connect in person with some of y'all like-minded individuals.
October 9, 2023 at 4:08 AM
Who's going to be at the Restore conference this week? Would love to connect in person with some of y'all like-minded individuals.
My thoughts coming out of General Conference this time around. I know it was an especially tough one for some of my friends.
Why is General Conference so long?
There could be a few reasons. But I have a new answer that helps me appreciate Conference more—even when I don't resonate with every talk.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2023 at 12:59 AM
My thoughts coming out of General Conference this time around. I know it was an especially tough one for some of my friends.
I'm open-minded, but does anyone know what this means? Or what source they would be referencing? I can't find anything in the man's FamilySearch sources that would make sense here.
October 5, 2023 at 12:24 AM
I'm open-minded, but does anyone know what this means? Or what source they would be referencing? I can't find anything in the man's FamilySearch sources that would make sense here.
When I was born there were 21 temples, and now there are hundreds. Not trying to take all the credit, but just sayin
October 1, 2023 at 11:55 PM
When I was born there were 21 temples, and now there are hundreds. Not trying to take all the credit, but just sayin
Feels less likely that we get any dramatic announcements today if President Nelson is not there. #ldsconf
September 30, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Feels less likely that we get any dramatic announcements today if President Nelson is not there. #ldsconf
Already pushed this out on other channels, but here's my latest. Seems like folks are a little split on this one...
open.substack.com/pub/rogerpim...
open.substack.com/pub/rogerpim...
The Inevitable Return of Home and Visiting Teaching
Ministering is a "newer, holier approach," but it also turned out to be much harder to execute.
open.substack.com
September 30, 2023 at 4:01 AM
Already pushed this out on other channels, but here's my latest. Seems like folks are a little split on this one...
open.substack.com/pub/rogerpim...
open.substack.com/pub/rogerpim...
No question that Bluesky has the worst icon of any social media app ever. Did I even download the right thing? It looks fake.
September 30, 2023 at 3:20 AM
No question that Bluesky has the worst icon of any social media app ever. Did I even download the right thing? It looks fake.