Searching for Truth
On Friday 3/9/18, Joel Elgee called to see if he could bring a couple from Houston TX by to see the house. Since we were cleaning it up for pictures, it was a no-brainer. They came on Saturday morning for a very brief visit. They saw a number of homes. Later that day, I left > > Read More …
I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them. Okay. I get it. The point is faith. The Lord could > > Read More …
Each day that goes on seems to push me one step closer to removing myself from the internet entirely. This week, that includes learning that Google, Microsoft, GoDaddy (which hosts this site), and others are tracking keystrokes and mouse movements; that my personal information was hacked at another site; and that my Health Insurance is > > 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 …
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 …
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 …
Many of you will not care for the style of this post, so let me give you the bottom line. Perhaps, the way we learn to love God, is by loving the things that He loves: His children, His creation(s), truth, virtue (knowledge, wisdom, mercy, patience, meekness,… love). If you want to stop here, at > > Read More …