Apocalypse Later
(Alternate title – The End Is Not Nigh) I joined the church in the mid-1990s. Millennial fervor was high as the end of the century approached. I lived in Silicon Valley, so in addition...
Tagged: Second Coming
Sacred Music Sunday: Worthy Is the Lamb
I’ve always been partial to Baroque music, and one of my favorite composers is G.F. Handel. Messiah is a masterpiece. With the exception of when I was on my mission, I have performed it...
Sacred Music Sunday: In that Great Gettin’up Morning
I was a late teenager on Y2K, and I was a college junior on 9/11. Suffice it to say, my teenage and early adulthood years were full of apocalyptic rhetoric. Most people were expecting...
Sacred Music Sunday: When the Roll Is Called up Yonder
When I joined the church in the mid-1990s, there seemed to be an unspoken (and sometimes spoken) consensus that the Second Coming was right around the corner. We were living in the last days,...
The Second Coming: The Game #CopingWithCOVID19
When I was a youth in the Church, I had a great deal of fascination with the end times. My parents had a copy of Mormon Doctrine on our bookshelves and I read the...
Sacred Music Sunday: Come, Ye Children of the Lord
I’ve always loved the hymn Come, Ye Children of the Lord. It brings to mind the joy that will fill the earth when Jesus returns. No more sorrow, no more sin, no more death....
Sacred Music Sunday: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
When I joined the church in 1994, there was a millennial fervor. Jesus was coming again, and though we didn’t know when, it was generally believed that it would be soon. It was an...
Sacred Music Sunday: Shall We Gather at the River?
One of my favorite books of scripture is the book of Revelation. People tend to look at me funny when I say that because it has kind of a reputation as being the book...
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