It’s a message you’re likely to hear every Fourth of July, and many times throughout the year as well: The Restored Church could only have been restored in America, the land of religious liberty.
Month: September 2005
Crystal Palace Ward
Janice and I went to a new ward Sunday.
President Monson’s timely message
It’s always a bit of a booster shot for me, testimony-wise, when I see things like this month’s Ensign message. In an article that appears to have been prepared long before Katrina was around, President Monson delivers a message that is tailored for members dealing with grief and loss.
Quail and the Superdome
I will frankly admit that I have been sickened by the lack of compassion for those victimized by Hurricane Katrina that I’ve seen in some corners of the Bloggernacle.
Book Review: I Love Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints
The techniques that Evangelicals use to convert Mormons to ‘traditional Christianity’ do not work. The same cannot be said for the method proposed by David L. Rowe in his new book. .
Dragonfly
Early this morning my children clattered out the door to the schoolyard across the street, where they returned to freedom a tiny ground frog they’d captured yesterday.
The Taste of Salvation
I wish that we didn’t use white bread for the sacrament.
Playing God
Today I heard many prayers and had to decide whose to answer.
Against Theodicy on the Road to Jericho
Natural disasters often lead people to think about the problem of evil and theodicy. This is, I think, probably a bad idea.