Searching for Truth
Recorded 2017-8-22 Note: the same conditions are true here as are in the prior post. Additionally, this post includes things that appear to verifiably incorrect. Nevertheless, I include these, even though it would probably have been safer to have excised portions in order to avoid possible ridicule or disparagement. Oddly, as has been written previously, > > Read More …
Recorded 2017-8-21 Note: this is not fully scrubbed, and may well represent an unfinished work. It is with some trepidation that I include this in its entirety, transcribed with minimal alteration. If there are errors, they are mine. What is recorded here was taken from a document written by hand as quickly as I could > > Read More …
Well, it’s up there. For those of you that made it through the “paper” on the sacrament, you will understand to a greater degree why all that work was essential preparation for writing this hymn. So, here is the “Author’s Introduction” as published with the hymn. Click on title to see score. Note: in writing > > Read More …
Awaking this morning, it was made clear that there were some things of import missing from the prior post. On July 24th and 25th, we received some singular revelations. This was in consequence of offering the prayer on July 23 to ask for a little more time, for which the parallels to the servant pleading > > Read More …
If you have been following this blog, you know that Joy and I have been praying regularly to be shown our false beliefs (unbeliefs) and false traditions. We have been less diligent than we should have been in studying and preparing ourselves. It appears that the Lord is done waiting for us. Over the last > > Read More …
I received an indirect “question” regarding my definition of worthiness in my last post (Musings on the Sacrament). This is fair as I did not elaborate on this topic to any great degree. I will attempt to do so here, though this is no simple task. While the concept of worthiness may be relatively simple, we > > Read More …
Preface Seven weeks ago, Joy and I began writing the following “document.” It was subsequently forwarded to a significant number of associates for review and comment. With one notable exception (thank you LL), we received virtually no feedback. It may be that people are simply too busy. Perhaps it is too long. It may be > > Read More …
I’m frustrated. Entirely, absolutely, unequivocally frustrated. There are all these triggers. I react every time. It is like some anti-PTSD. “Anti” because I know of no traumatic event at the source. Rather, there is a lifetime of being highly tuned to see problems and issues, to play out a variety of responses, and get stuck > > Read More …
I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about what it means to be “willing to take upon [us] the name of Thy Son….” I just don’t get it. Help, please. As I look at the scriptures, “name” is used in a wide variety of contexts. Before diving deeper, it seems reasonable to note the the > > Read More …
I hate those words. When I hear an LDS person respond to a question of doctrine with the words, “I think…,” I want to scream out, “Who cares what you think. What does the Lord think?” Does this seem unkind, uncharitable, and/or unloving? Let’s back up. For 40-some years I competed for air time to > > Read More …