Last week in Elders’ Quorum, we had a “lesson” based upon the principles elaborated in “Teach As Jesus Taught.” Much of the time was spent discussing the need for discussion :-), and how to encourage discussions with masterful questions. Explicitly, it was proffered that Jesus taught by the use of questions. Implicitly (perhaps explicitly, but > > Read More …

…still very skeptical about signs. Nevertheless, this is getting both increasingly curious, if not whimsical. Two days ago, as I neared the aforementioned spot and wondered what might pop up, I was pondering yet again about Genetically Modified Oracles (GMOs :-). Yea, I need to write this up…. For now, just think of it as > > Read More …

For a couple of weeks now, I have begun and concluded my morning walks under these rather large and beautiful pecan trees (4Runner in picture to give an idea of scale). These have become a symbol/type of the trees in The Garden (Wisdom and Life; Mother and Father, etc). Standing between them, I am in > > Read More …

As mentioned in the “doves” post, it is difficult to get my mind wrapped around incidental “signs.” Subsequently, it has been interesting that while pondering/praying and discovering some new insight , immediately there are a pair of ground doves. I have seen them often, and come to expect them at certain times and locations along > > Read More …