Thinking and attempting to discuss religion from an (LDS) guy
Families are forever!
I watched a movie (beside the point which one) where a guy says, “if a man doesn’t have family, he doesn’t have sh*t.” (excuse my french here… I usually don’t use that kind of language) I couldn’t help agreeing with that. Even Hollywood can hit a homer at times… Read the rest of this entry »
Every now and then, someone in a Sacrament Meeting speaks about an issue that touches me deeply. This time around, it was about rejoicing. To start, let’s look at Psalms 118:25-26: “ Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. aBlessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord”. The first expression there is Save now (usually transliterated from Hebrew in modern time as Hosanna). Think about salvation for a little while. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re like me (and I realize that I actually wish most people aren’t – there’s always the individualist that wants to be special), you will have noticed that there are more self-help books than anyone would wish to see. One of the trends in self-help books is promoting positive thinking, starting – in my awareness – from Dr. Eric Berne’s I’m Ok, You’re Ok book-turned-series. I have no beef with the idea itself – that purposefully focusing on positive things benefits you – it is the “magic wand” way that you’re supposed to wield this “positive thinking”. At times it takes on an almost comical form, when you’re told that you can use stuff like that in a purely selfish way. Read the rest of this entry »
Ever made a mistake? Right, who hasn’t.
Let’s think for a moment of our ability to learn from our mistakes. My understanding is, that when we accepted the plan that would eventually lead to our becoming like our Father, we were told that an important part of it is this: We have the ability to make value judgments and choose for ourselves – without coercion from Father – what we are going to do. Read the rest of this entry »
I did not start to blog in order to react to news. This week there’s some news that I want to comment. This AP article on CNN’s web site tells about how the honorary chair of American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors is not happy with how the Church has implemented the 1995 agreement to limit proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims. Read the rest of this entry »
