Scriptorium Blogorium: Who’s got pull with Jesus?.
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Dane Laverty asks some interesting questions here: Are the Arts Selfish? | Times & Seasons. For what it’s worth, the arts inform all that I do, and influence my ability to serve others. Often, in the church, we assume that money is the ultimate means by which we can build the kingdom, but that isn’t so. [...]
Everyone has gone through difficult times of feeling distant from the Lord. I struggled in seeking the spirit over a period of years. I desired to feel that joy my peers expressed, but began to doubt if it were simply the result of some sort of self-hypnosis, or a “frenzied mind”¹―maybe they were making it all up. After all, many of them committed far more grievous sins than I! Though I watched movies I shouldn’t have, and though I listened to music that would make any mother blush, I surely didn’t participate in the kinds of sins they did. I was a pretty good person! So, why didn’t I feel like it? “Elder Packer shuffled into Elder Walker’s office and lowered himself into a chair with visible discouragement. ‘I just had the most disturbing conversation with an old friend.’ he grumbled. This friend was a former Bishop and Stake President who complained to Elder Packer now that he was getting on in years the church just [...] Elder Keith K. Hilbig: “The path to eternal life is not on a plateau. Rather, it is an incline, ever onward and upward. Hence, ever-increasing spiritual understanding and energy are required to reach our destination. … Do you wish to know the price to be paid for the privileges that are offered after we [...] | |||
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