Unspeakable
Some of the simple truths about God cannot be spoken without being profaned by becoming common, and once they are profaned and common, then the truths are no longer …
The Least Thinking
We are to love the least, because any time there is a "least" in our mind, there's something wrong with our thinking. All are equal before God, and those who are pitied …
Parent's Interview with God
I believe this is true. Below are some comments from FB. MSB: I heard a church leader once who who was relating a story about his interaction with his son who was leaving …
Complex Gospel
I think the gospel appears complex because there are so many ways to think about anything. I believe the gospel is very simple, it often says the same things in many …
Annalee Skarin, "Ye Are Gods"
I'm reading a book by Annalee Skarin that was written in the 50's. She was excommunicated for it after Mark E. Petersen read the book. Far from being the deterrent it was …
A Few Recent Thoughts
God loves all and desires to lift all. He works with everyone wherever they are. The question is where on the path we've decided to tarry. Where have we stopped to be …
One Heart
From a FB convo: MSB: It is really easy to say something has a dark spirit when it doesn't agree with our viewpoint. The darkness in most cases is the darkness in our own …
Masculine/Feminine: The Nature of God
See previous article: Masculine/Feminine: Faith Warning: this is PG-13 and probably even TMI. Also, I go back and forth between symbolism and mapping meaning constantly …
Life and Covenants
Are our simple interactions with our fellow man akin to covenants? When someone interacts with us in the slightest way, a smile, a "hello", do they place a trust upon us? …
Searching Diligently in the Light of Christ
The following was written by Jacob Wright, who seems to epitomize the plea to "search diligently in the light of Christ". The following is brilliant and shows us the …
What I Think About Homosexuality
Here is what I currently think of homosexuality. I believe God is All in all. That the earth is his footstool, that the power the birds have to sing is enabled by the …
Mankind is Worn Out
True Christianity is a dynamic living faith, which Paul said was "not in word, but in power." Mankind is worn out with listening to what the prophets of old said or did. …
The Rejected Lamb
Possessing the Center
Wow, how sacrilegious is this? Beams of light emanating from a man, who is displayed as "possessing" the center point in a circle that belongs only to God? Perhaps Lehi's …
Country Club
I feel like this is a country-club scenario all over again. I rejoiced coming out of the LDS Church, realizing that God's favor did not depend on recognition by men, and …
His Yoke and Burden
"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." His yoke, by which he freely binds himself to us is love. His burden is light, in that he is light and truth and the burden …
Masculine/Feminine: Faith
See Also: Masculine/Feminine: the Nature of God We have what can be considered the Male and Female in each of us. The Male represents Knowledge, or the thinking mind. The …
Putting Down All Power and Authority from God
Rob Smith has been excommunicated. Here is his account of the proceedings. It makes me think of the scripture where Mormon tells his son that they are "[putting] down all …
The Garden and Innocence
LHB and I watched this documentary about an Amish family that is trying to come to grips with tradition and truth. The leaders of this sect will have a heavy burden to …
The Promise of Election
In the promise given of Eternal Life, or "God's Life" or a quality of living and abiding with "The Father", the recipient is given a promise. And with that promise, the …
In Patience
Haste is condemned because it is the very thing that separates us from ourselves, and from God. When we are in a hurry, we form all sorts of ideas and opinions and …
Broken Agreements
MSB: I have broken so many agreements. I started in earnest in 2004 with political matters. I continued in 2011 with primarily spiritual matters. I broke a few agreements …
The Creation Story in Us
What if the creation story is primarily meant to be an allegory of the drama that happens within each one of us in microcosm, with us at the center? We eat the fruit, we …
Oaks on Angelic Visitation
Elder Oaks has never and knows no one among the 12 or the First Presidency that has had angelic visitation. Audio: Youth Fireside Talk. Archived here. (Starts at 30 …
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