So, as I've started reading the Book of Mormon again, I wondered why, in the heading Nephi wrote to the book of 1st Nephi, which obviously is written after they have taken the ship and landed in the promised land, he started the summary only listing 4 sons of Lehi, when in fact at the … Continue reading The Book of Mormon
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What Does Worship Mean
August 2017 In an temple recommend interview with President Jerry Elmer, he took a significant amount of time to talk to me about Worship. He asked me what Worship meant, and I admit I was a bit stumped. What does it mean to worship? We have images that might come to mind, like bowing down … Continue reading What Does Worship Mean
Topic Study: Zion and Work
(TG Entry: Zion) This earth for man and woman began as a garden, the Garden of Eden. Yet prophecy is clear that it does not end as a garden; it ends as the City of Zion. 62 And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the … Continue reading Topic Study: Zion and Work
Does anyone have an idea how 24 plates that contained the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon could have contained so much more information than our current English writing systems? The English version of this book is over 20 pages, and yet the content we have is an abridgment of a lot of … Continue reading
Quinn’s Merit Badge Journey and Listings
Quinn earned all 137 available Merit Badges from Boy Scouts of American between May 2014 and December 2016. His mother noted on February 22, 2017, the morning of the Court of Honor to award the last 7, that Scouting had just released Exploration Merit Badge. Quinn decided to earn the last one on spring break, … Continue reading Quinn’s Merit Badge Journey and Listings
I've thought recently of the personal service of my wife and my first home teacher while in school at BYU. Chris Sutherland was from Alberta Canada, and visited us consistently every month, even though we were in college, busy with school, newly weds, and had a lot of other excuses. I don't think I've ever … Continue reading
This quote is worth remembering, for we all will have our share of trials in life: “No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially … Continue reading
"As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of effective parents! Likewise, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes." "Society should focus anew on the headwaters—the family—where values can be taught, lived, experienced, and perpetuated. Otherwise, … Continue reading
So I remembered the other day a man named Ken Sato who obtained his masters degree in organizational behavior at BYU when I was there. He was more mature than most of the other's in our student ward, and being such, was wise about keeping certain things to himself. Thus it left a great impression … Continue reading
Hope and Desires
Sun, Jul 31, 2016, 11:03 AM Hope is closely related to desire. Thus, unlike faith which is typically about things that are independent of us, hope is very connected to us. It has a rudder aspect for us, connecting and correcting our course to the proper course. Confidence, is typically inward focused. Whereas the first … Continue reading Hope and Desires
Kip on Character 