The One Hypothesis
Well, duh. What took me so long to figure this one out? Rhetorical Question: how does one go about becoming one with the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost?
Author: jonathan
Soul Food – for a Hungry Soul
It is Christmas morning. Joy is in Vermont with Heather and the boys. Mitchell is in Clovis, NM. The rest of the family is in UT. The snow is lightly falling, adding to the pines’ now substantial flocked frock. Beautiful. Break-fast concluded the 40th day of this extended sequence of fasts. I do not feel > > Read More …
Oh God…. (3)
Follow-on to Oh God and Oh God (2) No ontology is perfect, some are useful. This still fluid (open for improvement). Clearly needs comment/feedback/critique…. Stepping back very briefly to say the obvious, we Mormons have been taught to pray this way: Address Heavenly Father Thank Him for our blessings Ask Him for the things we > > Read More …
The Zion Zoo — Part I : Fail
There have been many extraordinary attempts to create Zion that have ended in abject failure, some very recent. I would like to add my own to the list. Joy and I have invited a number of individuals who had a variety of needs into our home over the last year. Each was a unique experience. > > Read More …
Jack [out of] the Box
Joy has asked me several times during the last couple of months if I was going to (ask to) be released from Primary at the end of the year. Metaphorically, it was like asking who I would vote for in this week’s election: the lesser of two despicables. I was given a survey. One of > > Read More …
Oh God…. (2)
We ended the last post thus: …If we presume that Heavenly Father wants us to initiate (spiritual) “age appropriate” dialogue… what does that sound like? How do we develop this kind of rapport? After all, virtually all prayers we hear within in the LDS tent are stuck within the confines of the four steps. As > > Read More …
Oh God….
Where to begin. Perhaps at the end. Heavenly Father has taught me that my understanding of prayer is wanting. Yes, even that. Oy Oy Oy. Rewinding a bit, yesterday I taught lesson 37 “Jesus Christ Teaches the Nephites to Pray” based primarily upon the text in 3 Nephi chapters 8 and 9. For context, we > > Read More …
That Thy Burdens May Be Light — Redux
Note: continuation of That Thy Burdens May Be Light One could readily misinterpret the prior post to imply: the gifts of God are binary (while scripture and experience would indicate degree); and being equally yoked means having identical gifts of identical degree (self-evidently absurd). It is too easy to abdicate personal responsibility to nourish/succor/develop one’s > > Read More …
Many Questions: One Answer — Part 1A
Note: I have held this draft off since Aug 20-23, hoping to complete more of Part I…. Time to rethink what is included in the various parts, as additional insights are being layered on…. This last two weeks I have found myself focused on begging the Lord to purify and sanctify me, to complete my > > Read More …
…and ye would not!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!(Matthew 23:37) While driving the white Civic to Joy in Vermont, I listened several times to 3Ne > > Read More …