November 2007 Entries
By: The Baron
Suppose, one day, you hear about a tragic car accident. The car was driving along the highway, hit a wet patch on the road, the driver lost control, flipped the car and then died in the resulting crash. Suppose this driver was a 25-year-old temple-worthy returned missionary man in the prime of his life, leaving a wife and young infant without a husband and a father.
By: The Baron
Once upon a time (...in a far away land) there were two LDS missionaries who played basketball. One day, they contacted a teenage guy about their age who also played basketball, and regularly met up together for pickup games with he and his friends.
By: Paradox
A holiday with me and mine in Baltimore is anything but ordinary
By: Belladonna
On top of the bookcase in my office I have three stuffed bears. They serve as a visual reminder of an important principle that has absolutely nothing to do with Goldilocks.
By: Eric Nielson
Over the last several weeks, the television show 'House' has had a survivor-type elimination competition to select the new staff for Dr. House. One of the prominent doctors is an African-American member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Or as House would say - a black Mormon.
By: Paradox
Because I'm putting off derivatives and Oedipus Rex, I went searching for existential musings on YouTube...
By: Belladonna
Mars is in retrograde - leading some of my more new age friends to make claims that the path of the red planet may wreak a bit of havoc in our lives over thte next few weeks. Even some of my LDS friends have been speculating
By: The Baron
Deep in the mountains, lives the Troggle clan—short humanoid creatures who live peacefully together in a small village.
By: Eric Nielson
The doctrine of mankind being children of God is a topic that has become quite important to me. And I have become a believer in a literal spirit birth to Heavenly Parents. I have posted on this topic from various angles in the past.
By: Belladonna
Apparently there has been a wording change in the Introduction to the Book of Mormon.
By: Belladonna
I recently had a conversation with a pal about the concept of "mortal sin" vs. "venial sin". Apparently, in other faiths sin comes in a hierarchy.
By: Starfoxy
Shortly after I was married my Father-in-law asked me about one of my relatives. He said "How did George (name changed) get to be so nice? He's so softspoken and thoughtful, it's really refreshing." My first impulse was to shrug my shoulders and mumble a non-committal "I dunno." You see, 'nice' isn't the word I would have picked to describe George. I would probably have picked 'angry' first.