I came across notes from a talk given about 1 1/2 years ago by James E Faust, who at that time was serving as a counselor to President Gordon B Hinckley for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Parts of his talk was on having a healthy self esteem. I will list the [...]
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6 Keys to a Healthy Self Esteem
Posted in Depression and Anxiety, Joseph Smith, Love, Spirituality, tagged Depression, God, Humility, Love, Self Esteem, Spirituality on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Climax: A Poetic Form Found in the Book of Mormon
Posted in Book of Mormon, Love, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Christian, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, LDS, Mormons, Spirituality on March 20, 2008 | 20 Comments »
I’ve been reading Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon most recently. Today I read in the “Hebraisms and other Peculiarities” chapter a section on a poetic form called “climax” (which means “ladder” in Greek), which was discovered in 1898 by a biblical scholar. The definition of this poetic form is described as follows: [...]
Remove the Dark Glasses and See as a Child
Posted in Love, Spirituality, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, children, Christian, God, Jesus, LDS, Mormon, Moroni, Nature, Spirituality on February 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In a recent post, entitled “Making our Hearts a Manger,” one of my friends, Brad Trnavsky, shared an interesting insight. He commented that ”when we were children all of our hearts were like that (a place for the Savior)… As you get older it’s harder to see past our own bias and prejudice.” Later that day when I [...]
Humanitarian Statistics for the Church of Jesus Christ
Posted in Christianity, Latter-day Saints, Love, tagged Bishops, Christian, Christianity, Edward Partridge, Humanitarian Service, LDS, Love, Mormon on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My 4th great-grandfather, Edward Partridge was a wealthy business owner when missionaries, including Parley P Pratt introduced him to the gospel. Upon his conversion to the gospel of Jesus Christ, Edward forsook all he had including his business and his family disowned him. However, Edward was steadfast stating: “I have torn my affections from this world’s [...]
The Good Shepherd
Posted in Jesus, Love, Spirituality, tagged Jesus, Sheep, Shepherd on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We had the missionaries over last night and they shared an amazing story from the May 1988 Ensign. Below is a story given by Elder John R Lasater: Some years ago, it was my privilege to visit the country of Morocco as part of an official United States government delegation. As part of that visit, [...]
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