The symbolism of change
One morning, I woke up feeling a little groggy from my allergy meds; I decided to listen to the...
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The Great Separation in Taoism
A few years ago, I picked up a book, The Te of Piglet, at the dollar bookstore. As I read it, the...
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Symbolism of the Cube
A few years ago, I was sitting in the back of the church, reading silently about the enormous...
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It was without faith
God does not always answer your prayers the way you wanted. I have found that sometimes it’s...
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Orson Hyde’s Dedicatory Prayer in Jerusalem
Before dawn on October 24, 1841, Orson Hyde climbed the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and offered a...
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Spanky’s soap sandwich swap
I remember watching The Little Rascals when I was young. Back when television was free as long as...
Read MoreCoronavirus Blessings
My year of the Coronavirus Covid-19 quarantine, work-site shut-down, social distancing, staying home, working from home, applying for Payroll Protection Plan, not flying, not visiting grandkids in New York, not visiting my...
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Halloween traditions
I have fond memories of Halloween — costumes, trick-or-treating, and giant candy bars...
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How to open the scriptures
Of course, we read the scriptures to receive personal revelation, which is the vertical approach....
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Who was the Prophet Isaiah?
A man walks naked for three years in the streets of Jerusalem. And you may wonder why and assume...
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Why do we bow and salute?
Why do we bow to royalty, or salute to authority? I’m sure it all goes back to God and...
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Conference, Sukkot, tents
In the Fall of 2015, we decided to celebrate Sukkot – The Feast of the Tabernacles. At...
Read MoreGod is the Father of Compassion
Some people say that God is an angry God. And I understand why they may come to that conclusion. The Bible is a confusing book and set in a different time period than now. But God, Jehovah, is a compassionate parent. If we look...
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Today and Noah’s day
What similarities can you see between the people of today and Noah’s day? How could the...
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Your name in the Book of Life
Now that I’m focused on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I’ve been thinking about the...
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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins at sunset on the first day of Tishrei which...
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Golly as an exclamation
I was walking across campus at Occidental College, a path surrounded by native oak trees, ...
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Kingdom of God and Holy of Holies
In Margaret Barker’s book, Temple Mysticism, she writes that the Kingdom of God is the Holy...
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Chaos can lead to Creation
While visiting my son in Washington, we’ve been building a retaining wall to hold back the...
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A Manual for the After-Life
Here’s a pillow for your head, when you’re dead. If you were royalty in ancient Egypt,...
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