It is indeed a dreadful thought that God, our Father, would leave us on earth with no information as to why we are here and what His plan is for us. After Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden he sought further light and knowledge from the Father. Later, Adam was commanded to keep…
Tag: Prophets
On “Hear Ye Him”
“The words of God, which he spoke unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up into an exceedingly high mountain… and he talked with him, and the glory of God was upon Moses; therefore Moses could endure his presence. And God spoke unto Moses saying; “Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty…” P…
On Art as a Journey
Groucho Marx speaking with a straight and sober face stated: “This is what I know; Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb…
On The Restoration, Not As An Event, But a Process
After the Temple Ceremony was recently modified, a woman who was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who attended was so pleased with the modifications that she wrote; “Sometimes a true thing can become more true.” The Gospel of Jesus Christ was not restored, it is ‘being’ restored on a…
On Giving, Taking and Sharing
Someone has said that eventually, “Everyone succumbs to finitude; we all reach that state where most ambitions are either achieved or abandoned; either way, they belong to the past. Their future changes, instead of a ladder leaning toward the goals of life, it flattens out into a perpetual present or now. We are no longer…
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 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 Noah’s Ark
Several years ago, a team of Christian explorers, climbing Mt. Ararat in modern-day Turkey, found what they had been suspecting. At about 13,000 feet above sea level, well above the first snow line, they discovered a massive imprint of a wooden boat. The boat left an imprint in the surrounding terrain, it was approximately 450…
On The Gathering
We are nearing the month when we commonly celebrate our pioneers who, in July of 1847, began to gather themselves into a very desolate Salt Lake Valley. They hoped to make it blossom as a rose. Are there any in our day that can say that they did not succeed? Moses speaking to the Israelites,…
On Super Heroes
Growing up, I admired Superman, Captain Marvel and others, they were the superheroes of my day. For a time, they became an obsession for me. When I was around 9 or 10 years of age, I remember sitting on the base of the magazine rack, in the local drugstore, reading the latest magazine issues of…