Do You Want To Continue To Be Taught?
On Day 42, I opened the day asking if I was to continue to fast. The answer came, simply, with that hint of playfulness, “do you want to continue to be taught?” So, the fast continues….
Author: jonathan
Day 41 — Called to Repent
While I had no specific date set for concluding my fasting, it seemed that two weeks ago, yesterday, would be a good time. I had been richly blessed, and had felt to express my gratitude. The problem was that during the course of fasting, I received even greater spiritual blessings. I was trapped. And secondly, > > Read More …
Boise Doctrine of Christ Conference Review — Part 1
Note: as a personal aside, I’ve just looked over the long list of draft posts that I haven’t finished. Arg. How do people do this? Do they have any other life? Last weekend at the request of a beloved friend and in line with the overall theme of this blog to search for truth, I > > Read More …
Boise Doctrine of Christ Conference Review — Part 2
Note: while this post is not dependent on Part 1, that would provide context not included here. The Glory of God is Intelligence… The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth. (Doctrine and Covenants 93:36) So, what did I really learn at the conference? Well, as usual, it is somewhat > > Read More …
Perfection Prereqs
Note: this is yet another one of those embarrassing posts about something that I should have more fully understood long ago. Again during breakfast, again during prayer, again while pondering our responsibility with respect to obedience to the law, and the meaning of its fulfillment, it came to me that the set of coursework established > > Read More …
Elevator Food
Note: our work on “the law” or “every word” is progressing slowly. The preliminary introduction will probably be published soon, in the meantime, it appears that the Lord has every intention to teach us as we go. While this certainly fits within the greater context, it wasn’t a near term objective for study. This morning > > Read More …
That Thy Burdens May Be Light
In starting off today’s prayer, I reflected upon yesterday’s choice experience with Joy and thanked Heavenly Father for it, all the while knowing that Joy’s and my perspectives were and are fundamentally different. Our spiritual experiences are always disparate. I thanked Him for those gifts I have received, and pondered/wondered/questioned why Joy was not able > > Read More …
Glory Be
Yesterday morning, during the early part of my daily prayer, I found myself pushed a little farther in understanding our Heavenly Father. While I had this gifted to me without any questioning on my part, it might be better explained in this way: when one begins to comprehend that Father is the archetype of both > > Read More …
Days 4 though 7 — Spiritual Smorgasbord
Rough Sketch of Weekend This weekend was pretty amazing. I spent Friday working on the rocks (floor of the porch and downstairs wall), and then attending the erev and oneg at the Chavurat HaMashiach. After cleaning the church, I attended the Shabbot services at the same. After returning home, Joy and I left for “the > > Read More …
Bathe In The Light
I’m particularly glad that our reading in the book “How To Have Your Second Comforter” was postponed by some other readings. If we had encountered the section “Bathe in the Light” before yesterday morning’s personal experience, I would have supposed that to have been self-fabricated. But, having never heard of anything like it, experiencing it, > > Read More …