It seems that all three of these have never been “put out there.” So, with little explanation or elaboration: The First Educational Metaphor While labeled differently, this was previously discussed in https://www.celestial.life/2016/05/educational-system-metaphor/ What man upon receiving a PhD looks with derision upon a kindergartner, knowing that his knowledge is superior? The Second Educational Metaphor Context: > > Read More …

Note: this should have been written much earlier in the year…. I rarely wake up due to fear. In this case, being jerked to wakefulness came because of an absence of fear, when there clearly should have been. It was a simple, respectful, intellectually invigorating conversation. Across the table, the impeccably dressed man in black > > Read More …

Perhaps the measure of our sincerity is measured best through tribulation. For the first time ever, Joy and I participated in a march. In this case, a march to the steps of the Alabama Capitol. This isn’t the kind of thing one wants to do in the middle of a gout flareup in conjunction with > > Read More …

The story isn’t really relevant, but you probably won’t believe that without a snippet. No interpretation or explanation is offered. I was in a second-to-third world classroom (yeah, one of those) with about 40 students sitting at tables. There was a reading. There was a lesson. There was a discussion. The instructor suggested that all > > Read More …

Why should I be bothered if someone quoted me. The lack of citation? Misconstruing and misrepresenting the fundamental point? Or is it because I presume in them a degree of pride for having used the idea to establish an air of authority. Probably all of the above, and more. Here is the hypothesis: The church > > Read More …

I have wondered ever since President Nelson said, …the year 2020 will be designated as a bicentennial year. General conference next April will be different from any previous conference. …general conference next April will be not only memorable; it will be unforgettable. 2019, October, Russell M. Nelsonᵈ, ‘Closing Remarks,’ Liahona, November 2019, ¶¶ 38, 40 > > Read More …

Will there ever come a time when I no longer loath writing? Consider this note written to my children on Sunday, November 30, 2008 (highlight added). The big news this week: I finished [my] second “reformat the Book of Mormon” project. This time, it reads in more of a paragraph form. I wouldn’t have expected > > Read More …

Joy had been reading here. I was driving. She read to me in order to help me stay alert. It was familiar, but then, it wasn’t. We had to reread it four times. Once again, we spent our entire lives entirely missing the point. Sorry Alma. I used to think the point was to experiment > > Read More …

How exactly does Jesus Christ take away [erase, eliminate, remove, abolish] the sins of the world? That was a question I asked a few weeks back. The idea of Jesus’ atonement paying the price of sin, or redeeming from the just consequence of sin (i.e., curse; punishment) on conditions of repentance, made sense (to a > > Read More …