Jewish belief in the Tree of Life is somewhat different than are those who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A branch of Judaism called the, “Tree of Life Synagogue”, as the name attests in the Torah, the Jewish destiny is a ‘Tree of Life for all those who cling…
Author: Emil Hanson
On Heaven or Hell on Earth
The Heaven or Hell of which theologians teach can be no better or worse than the heaven or hell which we, the children of the Almighty, often create for ourselves right here on earth. We just have to realize how well we have been taken care of, taken care of and blessed by a world…
On War and Peace
In February of 1953, on my nineteenth birthday, I was drafted to become a soldier in the United States Army to serve during the Korean Conflict. When a person is drafted into the service, his employer is obligated to save his job for him, so that when the conflict is over and he is discharged,…
On The Many Faces of Eve -Adam, too!
I was reading the obituaries last night and while engrossed in reading them this statement popped out at me. A woman by the name of Dorothy passed away and someone wrote; “Dorothy cast everlasting warmth on anyone who crossed her path.” I did not know the person but after reading what the author said of…
On Hard Things
My wife has been combining the brief histories of her pioneer families. They were brief but interesting histories she wanted to share with our children and their families. While doing so she read to me, how her grandfather had moved to Salt Lake prior to the ‘Great Depression’ in the mid 1920’s. He was fortunate…
On Being Good for Nothing
I remember reading the late Paul Harvey’s, “The Rest of the Story” when I was younger and how impressed I was with the stories of great people. One such story was about a young boy named ‘Guiseppe’. Guiseppe’s father was an Italian fisherman who came to America with his family, bought a fishing boat and…
On Joy
Nephi stated that: ‘Men are that they might have joy.’ 2 Nephi 2:25. I have sometimes thought about that scripture and what Nephi might have meant by it. I would never question Nephi’s sincerity or his intellect because Nephi is one of my favorite people in the history of the world. I am not sure…
On Learning the Art of Ministering
“Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:4. That scripture is not suggesting that we become ‘busy bodies’ and out of interest or curiosity try to find out what is going on behind closed doors, our neighbors doors. It is rather suggesting that…
On Writing Our Personal Histories
I have written about Writing Your Personal History but my thoughts here are taking a motivational approach. It is not because the things stated before, in other writings, are less important but because there are different ways that we are stimulated and/or motivated. We all seem to look at things a little differently. I rather…
On Sheep and Shepherds
While listening to a talk in church this morning, I was reminded of the parable of the sheep and the Good Shepherd. The parable used sheep to represent those who believe in and follow Christ or the Good Shepherd. There is no question that Christ was (is) a Good Shepherd and there are those who,…