Blessed are the Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”(Matthew 5:9) I will focus on the first part (the characteristic of being a peacemaker) in this post. It is interesting as I...
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Hope Not Fear, The Lord Is In Charge
This guest essay is from Carolyn Grover, and is based on a recent sacrament meeting talk. I have felt very strongly recently that I should, “Live with Hope not Fear,” and have made this my personal...
View ArticleBe Still: And There Was a Great Calm
In trying to understand more deeply what it means to be a peacemaker, I was struck by the way that the following account is worded: And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he...
View ArticleSpheres of Peacemaking
Following up on my post last Sunday, it struck me as I considered Jesus’ calming of the storm that there are different “spheres” or types of peace – which means, in a very real way, one can be a...
View ArticlePeace and Depression: Accountability, Repentance and the Atonement
I am struck regularly by how many members fail to focus on Jesus’ life and realize that there are incredible lessons (particularly in the Gospels) about specific things we can do to become more like...
View ArticleMy Testimony of “The Prince of Peace”
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The...
View ArticleHow does the “World” teach me to be a Christian?
When I consider the cultures described in the scope of New Testament geography, I find myself wondering what role these individuals played in the development, or rather the presentation of the precepts...
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Into the Wilderness
I’ve been on a bit of a sabbatical for the past 6 months, moving from one wilderness to another to yet another. Three years in wildernesses of one kind or another, following decades of wildernesses of...
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Through Their Eyes
I don’t write publicly very much anymore because I’ve felt drawn to spend the last couple of years listening. It’s been valuable to my soul to be silent more. I certainly don’t share things so...
View ArticleFaith Crisis: It’s all in your head
Over the past few years, the term “faith crisis” has become used as a war cry of those disaffected with the church, as well as those who are engaged in an honest search for answers to challenging...
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