As always, General Conference this year, in April, was excellent. Of course, some talks and teachings stood out to me. This post shares some of those. Included are feelings and thoughts I had about what was said, as well as direct quotes (indented) and paraphrasings. The standout talk for me was Elder Bednar‘s. I could … Continue reading Insights and favourite thoughts from General Conference
I’ve been reading Saints – the first volume, The Standard of Truth, the story of the Restoration of the Gospel and Church of Jesus Christ from 1815-1846. It’s making me aware of how difficult that process was, in an intimate way, through many people’s stories set in the context of broader events that the Saints … Continue reading In the footsteps of the saints
Faith helps us to spiritually see, and hold onto, what we can’t see more obviously but which is real. What appears to us on earth as ‘real’ are those things limited to the scope of our mortal lives – except where we perceive or interact with eternal laws such as physical laws – but even … Continue reading Faith: anchor to reality
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’
I understand that this title is black-and-white. Most people are not one thing or the other (whatever thing it is), but bits of both. For Laman & Lemuel, they were also not wholly one thing, but were very close to it, from the evidence we have. I think they also developed through the years of … Continue reading Laman & Lemuel: regular guys with problems, or wicked, obtuse bullies?
Peaceable Treasures 