Month: October 2009
Facing Loss and Pain without Complaint: Richard G. Scott’s Personal Perspective
While visiting my parents in Salt Lake City today, we had a beautiful Priesthood lesson based on Elder Richard G. Scott’s General Conference sermon from April 2009, “Temple Worship: The…
A Salute to Singapore
I’m so impressed with the nation of Singapore. The remarkably harmonious diversity of races, cultures and religions in this land is a testament to what can be achieved. Had the…
A Barbaric Practice: Honor Chillings
Religion can be such a powerful force for good, but some, in misguided zeal, corrupt their religion and use it as an excuse to hurt others. Occasionally we hear about…
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Speaks Out on the Book of Mormon and the Failed Attempts of Critics to Explain It Away
If you missed the General Conference talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, one of the Twelve Apostles and the former President of Brigham Young University, you really should see it….
Secular Note: Prepared for the Decline of the Dollar?
Ever since about 2005, I’ve occasionally warned readers that we could face a weakening dollar in the future and growing inflation (inflation is best defined as excessive expansion of the…
Grinding Down Moral Standards: Out-of-Control School Dances
Only a few years ago, at least here in the Midwest, many parents’ main concern about school dances involved kids getting too close during slow dances. “Bear hugging” was the…
One General Conference Take-Away: Increasing Our Emphasis on Personal Revelation
Across many of the talks at General Conference, I heard a theme of strengthening our ability to receive and respond to personal revelation. “Spiritual self-reliance” is not the right term,…
Ammon’s Treason
Yesterday, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, I had the privilege of hosting an official from the Chinese Embassy on a visit to…
