An ex-Church-member (not someone I know) commented on Twitter about the taste of coffee being freedom when you no longer go to church. Reading that, I felt sad, incredulous, and a bit exasperated. Coffee! That’s the reward for leaving all the goodness of the Gospel behind? Of losing the Gift of the Holy Ghost and … Continue reading False freedoms
It is by “the virtue of the blood” that Jesus Christ has shed that He is able to plead before the Father, in His own name, for those who believe in Him (D&C 38:4/3-5). ~ Matthew Brown, ‘The Plan of Salvation’, p. 76 In reading this, I thought that perhaps, in a similar way (as … Continue reading By virtue of sacrifice
The scriptures that speak of the last days before the Lord’s coming describe physical conditions that sound like a worldwide environmental crisis – or rather, multiple environmental crises. So many that the earth cannot maintain its regular state; its systems overwhelmed and out of balance, with feedback multiplying the results and shocks, growing exponentially until … Continue reading The earth in commotion
I wrote this in November last year – and don’t know why I never published it! Obviously it was just waiting for now. I’m now two weeks behind in Sunday School readings – sometimes, there are things to linger over. Thoughts and insights and connecting connections… I’ve just finished Hebrews, and took a long time … Continue reading Faith: ‘Looking for a city with firm foundations’
As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been struggling recently (again, again) with the huge and yawning gap between who I am and who I want to be. And the difficulty isn’t just about those nice spiritual characteristics one wants to have to be a ‘good’ person, but everything – everything… including the seeming impossibility of any path … Continue reading Now v. Then
Peaceable Treasures 