I read a review of a book on Goodreads last week, in which the person commented that people believe religion because it’s easier to rely on what others tell you to do – a prescribed set of rules that allow you to not have to think for yourself. Here’s part of what they wrote: There … Continue reading Religion is not an escape
Too often people talk of the priesthood as though its main purpose is blessings by the laying on of hands, and ‘having it in the home’. But it’s much, much more than that. Continue reading “All the earth will be blessed”: what the priesthood is really for
Have you ever thought about whether you could have done what our Saviour did in Gethsemane and on the cross? In a Sunday School class earlier this year, while discussing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we considered questions like, ‘Would you do what the Saviour did? Would you suffer these things for everyone on earth?’ … Continue reading Our Only Hope
In Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley says to her brother, ‘I should like Balls infinitely better if they were carried on in a different manner…. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day.’ ‘Much more rational, I dare say,’ replies Charles, ‘but not near so … Continue reading Ordaining women, the gifts of womanhood, and real equality
We read from ancient scriptures that God has always sent prophets to warn the people, as they become wicked – living in a way that will bring destruction upon them. We think, perhaps, that people in these ancient times needed lots of prophets, becoming very wicked easily and quickly – especially when prosperous. We think, … Continue reading Prophets among us
Peaceable Treasures 