Celestial Life

“This is my church,” the voice was pretty clear. The meaning and intent? Not so much. At about 3 a.m. Saturday morning, after the rain had stopped, I found myself walking around under a large moon, star filled sky in an LDS tent city set up in Marianna, FL. Volunteers would soon awaken to begin > > Read More …

My son’s husky joined me on a morning walk. Morning walks are a time for enjoying peace and beauty. These are a time to pray, ponder and meditate. Of course it is irrational to think that a dog would have the same perspective. Nevertheless, there was this absurd hope, if not expectation, that we might > > Read More …

Last night I awoke to an unusual dream. A 40 to 50 person choir practiced an unfamiliar hymn within a large, cathedral like space under the direction of a stunningly “fair” director, who embodied meekness, confidence, and great competence. In conjunction with a subsequent meeting, a significantly larger number spontaneously joined the choir to sing. > > Read More …

Last week in Elders’ Quorum, we had a “lesson” based upon the principles elaborated in “Teach As Jesus Taught.” Much of the time was spent discussing the need for discussion :-), and how to encourage discussions with masterful questions. Explicitly, it was proffered that Jesus taught by the use of questions. Implicitly (perhaps explicitly, but > > Read More …

…still very skeptical about signs. Nevertheless, this is getting both increasingly curious, if not whimsical. Two days ago, as I neared the aforementioned spot and wondered what might pop up, I was pondering yet again about Genetically Modified Oracles (GMOs :-). Yea, I need to write this up…. For now, just think of it as > > Read More …

For a couple of weeks now, I have begun and concluded my morning walks under these rather large and beautiful pecan trees (4Runner in picture to give an idea of scale). These have become a symbol/type of the trees in The Garden (Wisdom and Life; Mother and Father, etc). Standing between them, I am in > > Read More …

As mentioned in the “doves” post, it is difficult to get my mind wrapped around incidental “signs.” Subsequently, it has been interesting that while pondering/praying and discovering some new insight , immediately there are a pair of ground doves. I have seen them often, and come to expect them at certain times and locations along > > Read More …

Wiki Reference: Columbina passerina Recently, I was on a long walk and pondering the idea of One: agency, obedience, power, authority, honor, intelligence, light, truth, glory…, all One. In an earlier post, I proffered the idea that to be One with God is to be One with all that are One with God. Implicit is > > Read More …

If Christ’s temptation lasted for 40 days and nights, what do we do with Matthew’s account? This question weighed on my mind during my Monday and Wednesday morning walks. If I’m listening correctly, it is both simple and not… Clearly, there is an aspect of type in these — a form of parable with each > > Read More …

If you are like me, you have read and listened to many teach about the three temptations of Christ, and know of those opinions claiming that the real temptation underlying each of the three is the casting of doubt. Well, now I think not. Meaning, not that this isn’t true to a small degree, but > > Read More …