Creator of the great site TempleStudy.com, Bryce Haymond, has started a new project called ThyMindOMan.com. I was wondering where he was…
“Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into…
Here are some great quotes I have come across recently and a few thoughts to go along with them. “If…
Personally, I don’t have much use for optimism or pessimism, where you expect the best or the worst outcome. I’m…
“I then remarked that marriage was an institution of h[e]aven institude [instituted] in the garden of Eden, that it was…
Check out the full video of my presentation at Rootstech titled Journaling Principles That Work. I’m posting this here having…
We talk a lot about receiving and following revelation, but I’ve learned in my experience that the process itself is…
Credit to JR Ganymede for bringing this to my attention (love that blog) and credit to Albert Jay Nock who…
Forgiveness is the loudest praise, repentance, the greatest peace.
Zeal isn’t necessarily a bad thing, I think it tends to amplify our actions whether they are misguided or on…
Thanks to my friend Richard Nobbe for bringing this video to my attention. It’s a bit dated in many aspects…
“For us, divine inspiration does not mean God possesses a man, and simply dictates the inspired text to him. But…
***NOTE: A peer-reviewed version of the essay has been published on Sept 23, 2026 at the Journal of Mormon Polygamy,…
“Every man who lived on the earth was entitled to a seer stone, and should have one, but they are…
There is a lot of repetition in religious life from rituals to ordinances, practices, and even scripture reading. Let’s take…
The following is a post created from a talk I gave in church this morning. There is an idea in…
I have heaps of respect for Jane Birch and all of the research she has done on the Word of Wisdom.…
I think we’ve all been there. You may have a good home/visiting teacher now, but I think we’ve all had…
I would like to address the subject of modern idolatry in the form of wars of aggression, near-eastern emperor-vassal covenants,…
The following are interesting excerpts from Webster’s 1828 dictionary for the word “power.” 1. In a philosophical sense, the faculty…