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What does Christmas mean to me?

Thursday,December 23rd, 2010 Leave a comment

First, a disclaimer; while I don’t claim to represent the Church or the official standpoint of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (what I usually incorrectly call “LDS Church”), I consider myself a faithful Latter-day Saint, and I am a member in good standing–still my blog posts are my sole responsibility, and nobody else is to be blamed for my mistakes. For the official Church material, only
http://lds.org
and
http://mormon.org
are the places to go. And especially Wikipedia, despite not representing the viewpoint of the LDS Church, however provides lots of useful (and less-useful) information. This is the information revolution!

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Well, yours truly has been extremely busy lately due to certain things I’m not going to enumerate. Let’s just say, that Read more…

The Co-Eternal Man

Tuesday,January 26th, 2010 4 comments

19 I give unto you these sayings that you may understand and know how to worship, and know what you worship, that you may come unto the Father in my name, and in due time receive of his fulness.
20 For if you keep my commandments you shall Read more…

Are Faith And Doubt Always Mutually Exclusive?

Wednesday,April 8th, 2009 Leave a comment

First off, I want to say, that it is not my intention to be negative about what has been said about the subject.

We heard in the conference – again – that faith and doubt can not coexist in the same heart. I both agree and disagree, based on my personal experience and from reading the Scriptures and Church magazines and literature. Read more…

Why We Must Die In Order to Live

Wednesday,February 18th, 2009 2 comments

[Edit on Mar 11: I have seen some weird search terms repeatedly sending traffic to this post, so I decided to add this by way of disclaimer: If you're looking for justification for suidice or worse, don't bother. None here. This deals with accepting mortality when it's time, not seeking death.]

I had an interesting experience yesterday. Last week, a friend I had known for 10 years passed away because of heart failure. He was the first priesthood holder in this branch (before it was a branch, actually; it was just missionaries holding meetings), and served as a full-time missionary in the mid-1950s. He was a very gentle and thoughtful man. Read more…

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