Archive
Hierarchy
What is “hierarchy”? Let me answer in the words of etymology dictionary:
c.1343, from O.Fr. ierarchie, from M.L. hierarchia ”ranked division of angels” (in the system of Dionysius the Areopagite), from Gk. hierarchia ”rule of a high priest,” from hierarches ”high priest, leader of sacred rites,” from ta hiera ”the sacred rites” (neut. pl. of hieros ”sacred”) + archein ”to lead, rule.” Sense of “ranked organization of persons or things” first recorded 1619, initially of clergy, probably infl. by higher Read more…
Weaknesses, Temptations And Succor
I have tried to make a habit of reading the scriptures daily. There are days, when I have trouble getting up, and only do so when I have to go somewhere, so my study becomes superficial at times. Well, this morning was one of those, when I had trouble not so much getting up as being able to sleep longer than 5 hours. Read more…
My Early Journey And Conversion
I can’t remember the time I wasn’t thinking about what happens when I die. At three I broke both bones above my ankle so that my leg was immobilized with a cast from hip to toes. I was pretty active before, but that slowed me down. During that forced immobility I learned to read just before my 4th birthday. Among the first books I picked up was the family Bible, without really knowing what it was – I had never seen anyone else read it; that may have made me curious about it. As one might expect, I really didn’t understand anything. Read more…
Have some fun:
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
![[FSF Associate Member]](http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/associate/fsf-10270.png)
Please take a look at Free Software Foundation, Freedom is important for software, too.
Sponsored by Online PhD Degrees
If there's a genuine public vote for this, I appreciate those, who supported a nobody's random ramblings.
See also this page
some LDS-themed blogs and blog aggregators:
You can subscribe to my posts feed by clicking this:
Recent Comments