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I don’t know who wrote the following story but I remembered hearing it a long time ago and it has always been a powerful metaphor for helping me through rough times. I was thinking about it the other day when…
The public is warned to not attempt jumping a buggy on the moon in an Allstate ad, but there are no warnings under scenes of sex and violence in the media. The mask slips a little, but are we willing to stop our ears and shut our eyes to their “entertainment”?
I enjoyed this profile of Roman Catholicism from BYU professor of philosophy. This article is pleasantly unbiased and objective while seeming to serve the purpose in educating members of the LDS faith on Catholicism without bashing the religion in any way.
“The Gospel” by Elder John M. Madsen
My dad contacted me today about a quote that mentioned something about the atonement not being a part of the gospel but the gospel itself. I Googled the phrase and found this talk by Elder Madsen. Now I had first…
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Perhaps most of us throw around the word “symbolism” without understanding the various nuances of the subject. I created ldsSymbols.com with reference to the word “symbols’ because that is what most people understand. Alonzo Gaskill’s book “The Lost Language of Symbolism” defines…
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“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” – Eric Hoffer
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My father has worked for most of his life in residential marine construction and I used to spend a lot of time on job sites throughout my childhood. We worked down by the Gulf of Mexico and were well-acquainted with the sea…
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Pictured above is my latest rendering of the Nephite Interpreters that were in the possession of Joseph Smith for a time. I have always wondered what these instruments must have looked like so I began by creating a few simple illustrations. Over…
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“I dunno why you always have to be judging me because I only believe in science.” – Esqueleto, Nacho Libre I love this video, I came across it the other day and it is awesome on so many levels. It was put up on…
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