On being unequally yoked…
The longer I do business, whether my own, or as a consumer, the more I realize that I shouldn’t be so surprised by dishonest business practices. Clients who don’t pay their bills, company policies that rely on the fact that legal claims will cost more than the dishonest fees, restrictions, and terms. For many of […]
On Godly Sorrow
I remember at some point I made a change in my heart about temptations. I used to feel like I had godly sorrow. I was sad about sins, depressed I couldn’t stop sinning in various ways, and I felt unworthy to be healed. I would pray for God to take the temptations from me. I […]
The Unvirtues of Political Correctness
We live in a word where political correctness has overtaken the common sense of the world. Every word that is spoken is scrutinized, every utterance analyzed, and every motive impugned. In the court of public opinion, words often bring more condemnation than many actual crimes. This disturbing trend is something that we as Latter-Day Saints need […]
A Running Discussion on the Tree of Life vision: The Tree
Nephi starts his account with the viewing of the tree “…and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow.” (1 Nephi 11:8) Being shown the tree Nephi asks to be shown the interpretation of the dream. In response he gets […]
The Myth of the Hyphenated Mormon
Over the last few years I have watched as more and more individuals seek to carve up the church into self-imposed groups and sub groups. Undoubtedly this has been going on in one form or another since 1830, I am now seeing more and more of my peers preface their religious affiliation with a hyphen. […]
Breaking Commandments in the Name of Loving Our Neighbors?
On Sunday June 3rd about 300 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed in their Sunday best gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to march in the Gay Pride Parade. Without making any reference to homosexuality I was openly critical of these members for breaking the Sabbath in such a way. […]
Politics and Moral Issues
You know what confuses me, so many “liberals” in the church are liberals simply because they think people should help the less fortunate and do so by supporting their position with the scriptures. While helping the poor is one of our most important duties, for some reason they think that socialism is the only way […]
Easter
This is the time of year we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Sadly like his birth this celebration has been turned into something else as well. Why bunnies though? I’ve never understood the correlation between Easter and bunnies. So this year I decided to do some digging what I found […]
5 Billion Dollar Shopping Mall and the Nauvoo House
I have heard enemies of the church, and they can be called such whether of the faith or otherwise if they fight against the Lords Prophets, say that the City Creek Center project is a waste of sacred funds. That it would be better spent helping the poor, the needy and so forth. Too often […]
Incomplete Thinking
Are we a generation of incomplete thinkers? Do we hold and espouse views that in one thought seems very reasonable, but when followed through to their logical and implied ends are totally at odds with our proclaimed values? This occurred to me recently as I was involved in letter writing with an old friend who […]