Days 12, 13, 14: Doctrines & Covenants 1-138 Vacation, a sick dog, losing a dog, and grief will delay any project or spiritual practice. It’s funny, it’s during those times that we really need our practices. I still read the LDS scriptures amidst a month of difficulty as we lost our dog to a brain […]
Day 3: Book of Mormon, Jacob Nephi dies and his son, Jacob, takes the mantle of prophet. I’m noticing a pattern. There’s a good bit of prophesy in this book, but we get back to the stories. It’s amusing to me how many times the brass/golden plates are mentioned. The prophets go out of their […]
Day 1: Book of Mormon, First Nephi And it came to pass…and it came to pass…and it came to pass…and it came to pass… I’ll go ahead and be glib about the history of the Book of Mormon, though I mean no disrespect. An angel appeared to Joseph Smith and told him about brass plates […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is fascinating. For the record, they prefer not to use the word “Mormon” to describe them anymore, so I’m trying to be respectful. I’ll use LDS from here on out. The LDS faith, in my estimation, is a uniquely American religious expressions. Granted, there are more LDS […]