I have in the past written and posted when I was disappointed with something that was said or not said during the bi-annual General Conference of my Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In light of that, I thought it would be right to express my general gratitude for a General Conference […]
I am not a historian although I received a bachelor’s degree in history prior to going to law school. My approach to historical topics is more similar to a lawyer’s than a historian’s. As a lawyer when I’m researching an area of the law I often do so by reading case law. Case law is […]
When my kids where quite young I became friends with a man I will call Oskar. Oskar was older, probably in his early 60’s, and after spending a short time with Oskar it became clear he had some serious mental health issues. Oskar was likely bi-polar. My understanding was that at one point Oskar had […]
The term “The Anti-Christ” has had many different meanings for many different peoples from the time of Jesus of Nazareth’s crucifixion two millennia ago to today. The word has been used at times by various Christian groupings against fellow Christian religionists, non-Christian religionists, and secular or atheistic groupings. Some non-Christians and former Christians have embraced […]
For each of us, the path that leads back to Our Heavenly Father is uniquely our own. Our Heavenly Father is aware of our unique individual circumstances, our strengths and weakness, the tools at our disposal and those things that we lack. By way of analogy, imagine if tomorrow every person now living was inspired […]
The history of the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is well known to most adherents. As the founder of the Church, Joseph Smith, Jr., recalls, when he was about 15 years old he was troubled because there were various churches in the early 1800’s in the frontier area he lived […]
(I wrote a little while ago a short summary of the Book of Jonah and I copied that at the end of this missive.) If most Christians were asked to name a prophet, I think they likely would mention men like Moses, Jeremiah, Isaiah, or Elijah. Some of the Old Testament prophets, like Moses, were […]
How are the peoples of the world to be distinguished in the eyes of the Lord? Who are those blessed of the Lord? Who are those left without the Lord’s blessings? The scriptures, that vast repository of ancient wisdom, offer many clues. The great Hebrew Prophet Jeremiah, who preached repentance to the inhabitants of the […]
The world is the midst of a very dangerous leadership vacuum. At this very moment one of the world’s most notorious leaders, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, is desperately seeking to extricate himself from his ill-conceived and poorly executed grasp for power and is threatening his nearest neighbors and the world with both conventional and nuclear destruction. […]
In this missive, I will make a number of assumptions. The first assumption is that Our Heavenly Father is real, that there is a God. I say assumption even though for me it is a proven reality, as much as anything can be proven to we mere mortals with all our faults and failings. The […]