Their fervor triggers a trip to a different dimension. The members of the Gospel Doctrine class are involved in an energetic discussion of the Abrahamic covenant. In my cocoon, I’m aware of what’s going on, of how dynamic the exchanges are as various class members share ways that being part of that covenant blesses …
Category: Touchstones
Deja Vu?
The real question facing the Church with regards to homosexuality is whether there is a genetic element to sexual preference. Many of the issues to be dealt with are similar to those I faced as a young man knowing that colored men could not hold the priesthood yet being told by my parents that …
Highway to Heaven
They say ghosts are the spirits of people who are dealing with loose ends. Urgent unfinished business can make any death untimely and spawn a haunting. Based on this theory, if my wife died tomorrow, I believe she would feel the need to come back as my driving instructor. She would haunt every car I …
“Look” and Live
Meditation on 3 Nephi 28 What do you want after I’m gone?” Zed swallowed. He had expected the question but still was not ready. No one answered. The question echoed in the silence. Which of you, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? If asked for fish, will you give a …
Tools, Not Idols
The next time someone asks me why Mormons don’t discuss the specifics of temple ceremonies, even amongst themselves, I am going to say this: “To leave each of us free to interpret the temple in our own way; to protect it from correlation.” I used to crave more open discussion about temple rituals so that …