I really dislike same-ness. I get easily sick of things – a piece of music or a song, the same food, routine, spending time with the same people, a story that’s already been told several times. I don’t know if it’s because I remember things, especially details, or a result of my innate curiosity – … Continue reading Living water
I’ve been thinking about callings: the sort that heroes and prophets receive. An obscure boy or girl, going about their ordinary life, is suddenly caught up in a quest to save their nation or the world. They are joined by companions and a mentor, are attacked by evil, whether in the form of mythical beasts, … Continue reading Heroes, heroines, prophets… and me.
There is a lesson I keep forgetting, and keep being taught, over and over. What lesson? The lesson that the test that is this life is not a test to see if I can succeed on my own. Rather, it’s a test to see whether I will turn to God in my time of need, … Continue reading Delicate salvation
Some people get concerned over Paul’s direction (e.g. in 1 Corinthians 14:34,35) that women should “keep silent” in the church and be subject to their husbands. Besides the less-than-perfect translation, women being “subject” to their husbands or needfully “silent” in any situation is a difficult principle for people to accept today. This is partly because … Continue reading Saving families – why women don’t ‘rule’ in the Church
When Christ said, “Be ye perfect,” it seems that He meant we should be perfect in our sphere; our mortal sphere. But what does that mean? Perhaps it means to be perfect in Christ. Meaning, “come unto Christ, and be perfected in him” (Moroni 10:32). I don’t think the Lord is inviting/commanding us to be … Continue reading Perfect in Christ
Peaceable Treasures 