I finally went to see the new “Cinderella” movie the other day (now a few weeks ago). I have a secret (or maybe not-so-secret) love of fairytales, happy endings, magic and beautiful ball dresses. And the movie was everything people have been saying it is – innocent, lovely, bright and poignant. The colours were great, … Continue reading Courage, kindness, joyful womanhood and Cinderella
I’ve been reading an interesting book about the history of the Bible (The Book: A History of The Bible). It has glossy pages and pictures of ancient manuscript pages, with detailed information about some things I already knew, and others I didn’t. One thing it makes obvious is that the Bible was only compiled into … Continue reading Spiritual liberty: Galatians 5
I’ve been seeing beautiful (as well as some not-so-great) picture quotes for a while on the Internet, and wishing I knew how to make my own. I figured you had to have a program for it, so I was destined to just look at other people’s for ever. Then I discovered PicMonkey, a site which … Continue reading General Conference Quotables
Being Easter recently, I heard the phrase “Jesus died for our sins” in people’s talks, and today, two people shared their testimonies in fast and testimony meeting that they knew that “Jesus died to save us from our sins”. I always wonder when I hear that sort of phrase; either people are repeating something by … Continue reading So is the Atonement about Jesus “dying for our sins”, or is it more than that?
A lot of people seem to have trouble with the concept that the reason for our existence is to develop and grow, and eventually to become as God is. It’s seen as heresy; craziness; hubris. One of my favourite books is The Road Less Travelled, by Dr M. Scott Peck. In it, he writes about … Continue reading Evolution
Peaceable Treasures 