“But We’re Better Than Them!”
I wasn’t sure what to write this month’s blog post about until I saw a certain comment on my post from last month. My April 2022 post addressed how disappointingly low the bar is...
Tagged: love thy neighbor
What not to say to single people at church
At a recent general conference, it was noted that more than half of the adult members of the church are unmarried. Look around your ward. Are half of the adults in sacrament meeting single?...
Sacred Music Sunday: They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
I recently finished reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It’s a dystopian novel that takes place in a society where books are forbidden. Firemen (and they are all men) are tasked with burning any...
Sacred Music Sunday: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Isaac Watts sure knew how to write a hymn. So many of my favorite hymns were written by him. One that I really love that I wish were in our hymnal is When I...
Sacred Music Sunday: One of Us
This month I decided to do something different. Instead of choosing a hymn, I went with a popular song with a religious message. One of Us performed by Joan Osborne was released when I...
This is Life Eternal
The search for eternal life has been a concern of many religions and philosophical traditions throughout human history. This is especially poignant in our own tradition – Adam and Eve were immortal, ate the...
As Thyself
I’ve written previously about the commandment to “love thy neighbor as thyself”, though, like most people who write about it, I’ve focused on the “love thy neighbor” part. It occurred to me recently that...
The One Commandment
The Ten Commandments are taught at a young age as a way to live rightly. They’ve even gone beyond the religious sphere and into popular culture such that just uttering the words “thou shalt...
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