by Jeremy | Sep 25, 2020 | Musings, Philosophy, Religion
This morning my sister sent our family a discourse from Elder David A. Bednar at BYU-Idaho in 2009. In the talk, he references the power of our human bodies and how much Satan desires to attack these bodies. He is never going to receive a body and with a body is a key...
by Jeremy | Aug 24, 2020 | Musings, Philosophy, Religion
Knowing ~~ Growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I heard a lot of people stand and profess to know. As a youth, I professed the same thing. At the time it was probably more of a belief and an act of faith to profess such knowledge. There are...
by Jeremy | Jun 20, 2020 | Philosophy
Yesterday was a day to be celebrated by Black Americans. It was the day that the last slaves experienced emancipation over 150 years ago. Freedom may have come through the Thirteenth Amendment, and the symbol of liberty for Blacks was given through this action on this...
by Jeremy | Jan 20, 2020 | Philosophy, Religion
When Nephi recounted the dream that his father had of the tree of life, he shares a description of four distinct groups and how they responded to their surroundings. How we react to the events of our mortal lives has as much to do with how we developed in the...
by Jeremy | Jan 13, 2020 | Philosophy, Religion
The ancient Book of Mormon prophet Nephi was well acquainted to speak about God’s power of deliverance. His experiences were much like Moses or Joseph of Egypt or anyone else in the history of the world. There were many times that he needed to draw on this...
by Jeremy | Jun 17, 2019 | Philosophy
I grew up in the outdoors. I remember many camping trips as a child. The majority of these were car camping excursions except for those with my father when he was a scoutmaster and later as a scout where they were more backpacking related. Several spring breaks and...