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The word fast in Hebrew is tsowm and comes from the word tsuwm which means “to cover the mouth.” I’ve always assumed that this covering of the mouth was referencing abstaining from food or drink. However, a recent reading of Isaiah 58 led me…
“Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. Death, for instance, is not terrible,…But the terror consists in our notion of death that it is terrible. When therefore we are hindered,…
Someone shared with me recently the “Four Agreements” which is based on ancient Toltec wisdom and discussed in a book by the same name by Don Miguez Ruiz.
Everyone wants a miracle
God can do miracles, but so can the adversary – BUT…
Spices, Gnats, and Camels
Zeal isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I think it tends to amplify our actions whether they are misguided or on point. Sometimes we can focus too much on the letter that we miss the Spirit or the weightier matters. Those…
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A talk given at a meeting of the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake on October 12, 1920. By far one of my favorite talks on the temple. The whole thing is great, but the last third is really priceless information.
Thoughts About Temple Recommend Interviews
The Church recently released an updated/clarified version of the temple recommend interview questions. And for the first time that I can remember, the President of the Church read them out loud over the pulpit in General Conference. It used to…
In response to an email question about the meaning of beehives sent in by Cameron to ldsSymbols.com, I dug up some information that I had read several years ago. I located the article I was looking for here, which contains a…
George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address
Please take some time to go through and read the words of this great man, George Washington. May there yet be men like this in the world to lead and inspire us.
Video: The Purifying Power of Gethsemane
Yes! I’m glad that someone has finally uploaded to YouTube a decent version of Bruce R. McConkie’s last testimony in General Conference. I don’t quite know the full story behind this talk, but I do know that he did, in…
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