Day 9: Book of Mormon, Third Nephi Here it is, the climax of the book, Jesus appears! After several chapters regarding his birth and death and resurrection. Part of his post-resurrection tour brings him to America and he ministers to the Nephites. The question I have is this: Why’d he only do a two continent […]
Day 8: Book of Mormon, Helaman I’m excited to get to Helaman. Not because I got to read Helaman, but because the next book is where Jesus appears to the people of North America after his resurrection. I think a majority of non-Latter-day Saints, if they know anything about the Book of Mormon, think it […]
Day 7 & 8 I’m now well over half-way done reading the Qur’an. It feels like a good point to take stock of this experiment. I’m glad I lumped two days of reading together because I’m finding my interaction with the text is much different than the Bible. I’m trying to be respectful of the […]
Day 2 A colleague pointed out that listening to Quranic can be quite beautiful and, well, I had forgotten. It is indeed beautiful and I am surprised at how many words I can make out. I remember sitting in mosques in Konya hearing the imam recite the verses in a beautiful cadence. So it is […]