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“But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” Isaiah 64:8
Daily Scripture Notes
Come Follow Me
The Book of Mormon
- Mosiah 1 – Division & Unity
Notes on Mormon’s Record We jump into Mormon’s abridgement finally, in medias res (in the middle of things). We don’t have the introduction he would have given at… Read more: Mosiah 1 – Division & Unity - Words of Mormon – The Precious Plates
WoM is not a named book in Mormon’s work. It appears to be both an introduction to the small plates (1-11) as well as a transition… Read more: Words of Mormon – The Precious Plates - Omni – Where Scripture, Jesus, & Family Meet
A lot happens in the short book of Omni, which spans 230 years of Nephite history. At the same time, much of it seems pretty cotidian.… Read more: Omni – Where Scripture, Jesus, & Family Meet
Weekly Observations
Lord’s Hand, Family, Musings, Insights,
News & Comment, History, Art & Quotes
- Loss & Spiritual Development
Stephen Schwartz’s musical Children of Eden debuted on London’s West End on January 8, 1991. However, because of the negative effects the Persian Gulf War had on tourism,… Read more: Loss & Spiritual Development - Technical Debt & Temple Cruise-Ships
I’ve finally resumed my blog (a NY’s resolution…again :|). It will have three categories: (1) a daily entry for some notes on our Come Follow Me… Read more: Technical Debt & Temple Cruise-Ships - Genesis, Rebekah, and Lively Stones
Our missionary daughter, Genesis, told us about a remarkable service project her Chicago stake held last month. The stake president requested several thousand pounds of clothes… Read more: Genesis, Rebekah, and Lively Stones
Monthly Missives
Talks I May Someday Give,
Articles I May Someday Write
- Distraction’s Foil
Part 3 of 4 – Educating Our Desires 7. Educating Our Desires “We will have to account to God for all the good things our eyes beheld but which we… Read more: Distraction’s Foil - Distraction’s Foil
Part 2 of 4 – Practicing Meditation & Living Mission-Driven 5. Meditation Taking your seat and coming into being, rather than doing, is a radical act of sanity and a… Read more: Distraction’s Foil - Distraction’s Foil
Part 1 of 4 – Scripture, Prayer, Sacrament/Sabbath, & Temple “For the Spirit…gives us power, love, and self-discipline.” (2 Tim 1:7 NIV) Truly, no work of art has impacted me… Read more: Distraction’s Foil
Divine Paradigms
– Why This Blog-
See that? Don’t miss it… look again. THAT is why I am writing this blog. It is for them. (Mosiah 4:14-15; D&C 68:25-28; Moses 6:57-58; Ps. 78:4-8; 2 Ne. 25:26; see TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward)
I have very little literary gift, much less time, and even less desire to draw attention to myself; but I feel motivated by an overwhelming desire to share with my six children the things of my soul—the truths which the Lord has revealed and continues to reveal to me—so that they “may learn to be more wise than [I] have been” (Mormon 9:31) and “might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation” (Ps. 78:8). They are still young, but they won’t always be young; and perhaps some of my students, friends, and extended family might also find value in these posts.
Holy Envy 