What are we here for?

I recently watched an excellent Chinese TV fantasy drama called Love Between Fairy and Devil, or Cang Lan Jue (‘Separation of Cang and Orchid’). If you haven’t heard of it – it’s hugely popular in China and very popular overseas, airing back in August – it’s a truly beautiful, wonderfully-produced show with a great story, … Continue reading What are we here for?

Trials and Trust

As the Jaredites prepared to cross the ‘great waters’ towards their promised land, God promised that He would protect them, but warned that they would still experience the ‘mountain waves’, winds, and floods; they would be ‘swallowed up in the depths of the sea’ (Ether 2: 24+25). He provided the design of their vessels, light … Continue reading Trials and Trust

Ashes into beauty

A lot of people ask why there is so much suffering, why so many evil and selfish acts committed, even in the name of good? Why do people hate, murder and exact unimaginable pain on others? It’s a hard question and sometimes a hard thing to understand. I think religion has something very important to … Continue reading Ashes into beauty