The murder of Charlie Kirk three days ago is an awful thing. Any murder is. But his feels most awful – everyone’s saying it (everyone who cares about this, which you would think everyone in their right mind would; a lot of people are not in their right minds, clearly). A lot of people are … Continue reading Redeeming the vineyard (a parable of our times)
Samuel’s words to the Nephites in Zarahemla are some of my favourite in the Book of Mormon. I find the turn of language he uses evocative, rich, and just wonderful. The prophecy of riches becoming slippery due to a curse on the land that we find in Helaman, chapter 13, demonstrates this perfectly. There are … Continue reading Wise words from Samuel the Lamanite that describe our day
People often question the usefulness of these chapters – why did Mormon include so much about this period, and what relevance do they have to today? – but their relevance is clearly apparent to me. Even before that, they’re just so entertaining to read – enagaging like a great movie. Continue reading Why I love the ‘war chapters’ in the Book of Mormon, and why we need them now
During our Sunday School discussion today, someone remarked that they’d been sitting there, listening to people who had “all this knowledge about the scriptures”, which she didn’t, but thinking to herself that at least she was a “woman of action”. It was a little bit funny, because the teacher had been saying that Judaism is … Continue reading A person of action…
One of the reasons people reject religion is that it requires things of its adherents. Some of those requirements appear strenuous, especially when compared to contemporary popular cultures. They even seem strange, and to those immersed within those popular cultures, wrong and harmful. How you see the requirements of religious adherence depends on your worldview. … Continue reading Why does God make demands of us?
Peaceable Treasures 