Searching for Truth
I would like to retell a little story, while doing so, I will highlight a number of words/ideas that tie closely to the last day(s) of Jesus’ “mortal” life. If you are like me, you will wonder how it is that you have missed this all these years. A Father sent out his Son to cross the > > Read More …
Let us presume that we live in the Telestial. Let us presume that Zion is equivalent to the Terrestrial. Let us presume that “the path” leads from Telestial, to Terrestrial, to Celestial. So, we want the Terrestrial/Zion because it is the next step? Okay. But, is the path from the Terrestrial to the Celestial through the > > Read More …
As I was concluding my day on Wednesday in prayer, I was impressed with the question, “What do you want?” As recorded previously on this blog, I have been tripped up by that question before, so I was more circumspect when I answered it this time. I thought it brilliant to respond with the same > > Read More …
On Saturday morning while sitting in the synagogue, I was considering the many optimistic prayers (siddurs) and songs being sung about the triumphant joy, celebration, singing and dancing in the streets that would accompany the restoration of Jerusalem. It came to my mind that prior to this exultant time, there would be a period when > > Read More …
After nearly a month of contemplation, there are a number of things that come to mind that I feel a need to clarify and to explore. Whereas I can’t see doing all that in one post, this is the first of several. The others will follow as Part 4.1 of 4, etc. 1. All of > > Read More …
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 …