Category: witness
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Daily Hymns
On Sundays the hymns for the ward are posted in the LDS Gospel Library app. I usually listen to those for my daily hymns. Today the hymns were Easter favorites. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints doesn’t celebrate Palm Sunday and we usually celebrate Easter on Easter. But lately Holy Saturday and…
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Not a Saint
I am not a Latter Day Saint. I am a Latter Day Sinner who declares his unworthiness before God.
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Sober
In honor of Stephanie’s Brother who’s been sober for two weeks I will not be having any beer tonight. I hope he has a mellow evening and I hope you do to. Stay Awesome! Stay Weird! or Stay Away!
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Theopneustia
Some say the Book of Mormon was plagiarized. The Church insists that it was translated. Both those explanations fail to compel me. I do not know another book in the world like the Book of Mormon except maybe the Quran. I will get to that in a second. I have an intimate knowledge of what…
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Baptized Mormon
Today it has been 29 years since I was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That is the longest I have been officially affiliated with any organization in my life. It beats out the Episcopal Church by a little bit at this point. The next one I can think of…
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Christian Prejudices
In the effort to identify as a Christian church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints needs to be more careful about adopting the prejudices of traditional Christianity. One in particular that continues to bother me is the way that Saints treat the Quran and Islam. I think there are some undeniable parallels…
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Followers and Influence
I want more followers but I won’t beg. I want more influence but I won’t sell my soul to promoters. So I quietly plug along hoping to at least be a little interesting. The algorithm doesn’t love me. But I’m confident that it doesn’t love you either. Likes and clicks are no match for real…
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Interfering With My Agency
I have been arguing the past week over whether freedom means the ability to choose just what is good or whether I am not really free unless I can choose evil. My primary sins are coffee, tea, beer, THC, and porn. If my agency to indulge myself were taken away I would be less free.…
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Unrest
The house is quiet right now, but I’m thinking about all the unrest here and abroad. I’m feeling particularly powerless to change any of it. In a few hours it’ll be Fast and Testimony Sunday. I do not have plans to go to church but I intend to fast and pray for a more peaceful…
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