Personal Note While a substantially shorter account of the discovery process would have been possible, it seemed that the importance of this topic demanded a greater “labor of love” (which code will be well understood by those who know me). Preface If you haven’t read Part 1 of 3 of this series, this will make more > > Read More …

The Answer The answer to the question posed in [I Am Not That I Am — Part 1/3] is comprised of two parts: The many names of Jesus Christ are appropriately applied to Him even prior to His having fulfilled the task implicit in the name. The many names of Jesus Christ first applied to > > Read More …

Beginning on a personal note, I have to wonder why it is that we continue to pray to have our false beliefs made known to us. We fully understand that such prayers invariably get answered. The results are almost always unsettling, but rarely to this degree. Spoiler alert. In part 1, the question. In part > > Read More …

A week after the prior experience (This Is My Church), I was again awake in the middle of the night wandering around the tent city housing those who had come to assist with the Marianna cleanup. Naturally, I began to obsess anew about not understanding. I pulled out my phone, and began to record (editorial > > Read More …

We spent three weekends in the Marianna area (primarily in Grand Ridge) helping to clean up a bit. While the effects of Hurricane Michael were impressive, there were some less obvious things that affected me to a greater degree. Top of the list were the thoughts about Christ’s church, previously posted in part. While working > > Read More …

“This is my church,” the voice was pretty clear. The meaning and intent? Not so much. At about 3 a.m. Saturday morning, after the rain had stopped, I found myself walking around under a large moon, star filled sky in an LDS tent city set up in Marianna, FL. Volunteers would soon awaken to begin > > Read More …

My son’s husky joined me on a morning walk. Morning walks are a time for enjoying peace and beauty. These are a time to pray, ponder and meditate. Of course it is irrational to think that a dog would have the same perspective. Nevertheless, there was this absurd hope, if not expectation, that we might > > Read More …

Last night I awoke to an unusual dream. A 40 to 50 person choir practiced an unfamiliar hymn within a large, cathedral like space under the direction of a stunningly “fair” director, who embodied meekness, confidence, and great competence. In conjunction with a subsequent meeting, a significantly larger number spontaneously joined the choir to sing. > > Read More …

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 …