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 […]
First, to be honest and straight forward, to be blunt and to the point, I am dumbfounded and greatly saddened that in the just completed General Conference there seemed to be so much hesitancy to discuss the situation in, or even use the word, Ukraine. In ten hours of talk and prayers, I heard the […]
I am a member of the Kirtland Ward of the Kirtland Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Ward is located in Kirtland, Ohio. Our Ward meets at the Kirtland Stake Center which is only about half a mile from the Kirtland Temple, the first temple built by the Latter-Day Saints. […]
If we are to be true to the holiday’s original purpose, Christmas should be a time of reflection about the birth of our Savior. Likewise, New Year’s is often a time when we make resolutions about how we will conduct ourselves in the upcoming year. This past year has been a very good one for […]
I wanted to write a little on the Book of Mormon. As I sit to write, I have that distinct feeling, perhaps unwarranted, that this is one of the times that I will write something that no one will ever read, truly a missive to the abyss. If it can be said that a book […]
Most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are familiar with the quote of Joseph Smith, Jr. regarding the Book of Mormon. “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to […]
The Book of Mormon is a beautiful book, whatever may be its provenance. Like the Old and New Testaments, the lessons that it teaches are not always adhered to by those who would wish to see themselves as The Faithful. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is surely aspirational for we mere mortals. In Jacob, Chapter […]
Approaches to the scriptures seem to fluctuate between two extremes. One extreme views the scriptures as the complete, inviolable word of God, without error and unchallengeable, the interpretation thereof not open to debate and the meaning thereof set in proverbial stone. The other extreme views the scriptures as folk tales and pseudo-historical mumbo jumbo that […]
I have heard throughout my life at different times people say, in essence, “I believe in God, but not organized religion.” “I’m spiritual, but not religious.” Or some variant thereof. There is a natural inclination of people to seek for a higher purpose in life, to seek for some meaning in this life beyond accumulating […]
When Jesus of Nazareth, the Savior, was walking the earth in this mortal existence, He had a mission to fulfill, a task set before Him by Our Heavenly Father. To help fulfill His purpose He called certain men, Apostles, to assist Him. These Apostles were not men of stature in their communities, and were not […]