I was back in my ancestral home a few weekends ago, for my sister’s wedding. When an intresting thing occurred and I was able to see a gospel principle in it. It was a Friday evening and I was driving through town with my young brothers in the car. I needed to take a busy …
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I want to relay a miracle that happened to me some few weeks ago and then the great struggle I have had with it since. At the beginning of April, I went on a trip to see a number of temples in Norther California and also a hockey game. Try as I might I could …
I’ve been thinking about the difference between better and better off. There is a TV show my family grew up with called Dharma and Greg, where a hippy and a lawyer get married after having known each other for only a day. It’s a pretty fun show and I’d recommend the first season (as that …
The other night I was on the way back home from hanging with some friends. It was like 11pm and I had gone over my calories for the day as it was. On my drive I realized that something was up with my body. For a minute I was like unto the meme. Hold up. …
I was reading a star trek book a bit back that started the churning of thoughts in my mind. In the book the crew of the Enterprise come in contact with a deeply telepathic race, who’s minds all connect. They are, however, individual people rather than a hive mind but they have the potential of …
In John chapter 5 we read of the man at the pool of Bethesda. I’ve written on this a number of times but today I want to talk about it in a bit of a different way. But first I would have you reread the story if you have not recently done so. Next, we …
As many of you know, a month and a half ago my older brother introduced me to racquetball, which quite possibly may be the greatest sport ever invented. Naturally I have become a bit of a racquetball evangelist; going forth and spreading the good news. It has not caught on as well with my friends …
In the scriptures there is at least 5 people who have the exact same vision. These 5 people are Jerimiah, Lehi, Nephi, John, and Joseph Smith 1 Nephi 8 1 Nephi 11 Jeremiah 51 Revelation 17-18 D&C 133 With each retelling more information is gleaned of what happens in this vision. In 1 Nephi 8 …
Looks like today we are getting a double feature. Last Sunday (über letzte Sontag) I was teaching Gospel Doctrine in my family ward to adults and they made fun of my pronunciation of the name Zacchaeus. I have always said it was Zah-kay-us which is how google told me to pronounce it, but one of …
In Jeremiah 29 we are taught that if we seek God with all our heart and soul that he will make himself known to us. I have been thinking on this lately. It seems to me that my prayer life could be better. If I am to seek him with all my heart, might, mind, …