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New, LDS News Source
Today I received an invitation to exchange banners with a new news site www.LDSNewsSource.com, as yet another response to Elder Ballard’s challenge to increased membership interaction online ...
Having a hard time feeling the spirit?
As I mentioned here (How often do you feel the spirit?), the frequency with which we feel the spirit can be an accurate measure of our spiritual “status” and regular measurement can help g...
How often do you feel the spirit?
I’m a big fan of measurement. I think that unless you frequently measure those things in your life that matter most to you, then you’re achieving less than you could. Simply the act of...
What’s in the Book of Mormon?
If you’re a frequent visitor to my Blog, you’ll know I like to create series of posts. Most of them are ongoing. For instance, I’ve got a series on Faith “Faith FitnessR...
A story of a father and a son, true heroes each
This is one of the most touching videos I’ve seen. It’s been heralded as one of the greatest love stories of all time. It’s about a father and a son, and is worth watching every...
Marketing without a message
A while ago I posted “Every member a marketer“, wherein I describe that every member of the church, or any organization for that matter, is in a constant state of marketing their organizat...
Researching Mormonism - a Lutheran Bishops advice
A lot of non-Mormons find my blog through search engines, and I’m often surprised at the search phrases they use that lead them here. Many are derogatory, some surprise me (e.g. can Mormons sw...
Global Religious Trends (Are we less religious)
On Friday, I posted about an article I found that suggested that intelligent people are less likely to believe in God. With all the comments I received, it got me wondering about religious trends in...
The commercialization of religion
In my first post in a series I’m doing about the miracles of Mormonism, I mentioned something that should be expounded further, for it’s something that has plagued the progress of true doc...
The Mormon Miracle
As I mentioned earlier in my post about distinguishing between the superficial fluff of emotion and the divine communication of the spirit to our hearts (here), we need to beware of emotions. We nee...
Is your testimony based on emotion?
Often, because we learn that the Holy Ghost speaks to our heart, we confuse the divine communication of the spirit with the far more fickle fancies of emotion. But not every “warm fuzzy” w...
Four reasons why hope breeds success
A larger vision “Don’t get your hopes up” the world so often says. Being hopefully optimistic leaves you open to disappointment, and the result? Hope aversion. But naturally opti...
What are YOU waiting for?
I posted this video a while back over on my business blog, relating it to innovation, but there’s a broader and more significant application to life. So often in our lives we simply sit aroun...
Faith Fitness - Day 4 (Believe)
This post is part of a series called Faith Fitness - increasing our capacity to believe. Don’t forget to see the intro, part 1 (Testimony), part 2 (Optimism), and part 3 (Hope). At long last, we&#...
That’s not my job (poem)
Margaret added a poem to the comments over on the “That’s not my job” post (with the funny images of prime examples of this pervasive mindset). I thought it warrented it’s ow...
Can’t we all just get along?
NBC has an article I found today about a man named Greg Pike, of Santa Barbra, who trained his cat, dog, and rat, to all get along. He did it to prove that nothing is impossible in life. He says t...
The blessed nature of simplicity
Life seems to have become so focused on how much more you can take on. How much more you can do. How much more you can acquire. But all too often, we mistake complexity for progress. Whereas compl...
What do Mormons believe - part 7
(Disclaimer: These views are all based on my knowledge and interpretation as an active Latter Day Saint, or “Mormon”, only the actual article of faith I list should be considered “official”....
What do mormons believe - Part 5
(Disclaimer: These views are all based on my knowledge and interpretation as an active Latter Day Saint, or “Mormon”, only the actual article of faith I list should be considered “official”....
Faith Fitness - day 3 (Hope)
This post is part of a series called Faith Fitness - increasing our capacity to believe. Don’t forget to see the intro, part 1 (Testimony), part 2 (Optimism), and part 3 (Hope). Moving right a...
Faith fitness (1) Testimony
(See my Faith Fitness intro here) Fantastic. You’ve all joined me again. That must mean you’re ready to improve the fitness of your faith and increase your capacity to believe. From no...
The clensing gift of repentance (ctrl-z, UNDO!)
As an addendum to “What do Mormons really believe, Part 4“ Spending as much time on the computer as we do, there’s a command that we often take for granted. The wonderful, marvelous, brill...
Introducing faith fitness - start today
Every year, millions of people endeavor to become more physically fit. They embark on rigorous exercise schedules, adopt new diets, and set goals to lose weight and get in shape. But physical fitn...
Can Mormons swim in a public pool?
A lot of the traffic that I get comes from search engines, usually people searching about Mormonism, and sometimes I get some really strange search phrases. Over the past few days I’ve gotten se...
Trust in the Lord
Trust in the Lord, For even a life so battered and scarred by sin can be made beautiful if it’s he who we put our trust in. For a larger version, to print, or to save as your desktop background...
Looking through the lense of God
Life is brimming with busyness. With overflowing demands and a vast array of things on which to spend our time, we quickly lose ourselves in… well, ourselves. But every now and then an event h...
Radiating the glory of the Son
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The living waters of Christ
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The underestimated power of faith
As an addendum to “What do Mormons really believe, Part 4“ We live in an amazing time. Empowered by unprecedented technology, and with billions of dollars being spent on research in ever...
The transparency of our lives
I stumbled across this page the other day, and was amazed at some of these images. This is Salar de Uyuni, the worlds largest salt flat in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes. During the ...