Tag: current events
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Cultural touchpoints
Periodically things happen which are so significant, memorable and impactful that everyone in the affected culture at the time remembers them. The prophecies of Samuel were like that – otherwise after five years the people would have thought little about them. In our history things such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of…
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Covidquake 2020
Just as we are acclimating to the soft quarantine/social distancing effort to allow the spread of a global pandemic (coronavirus which causes COVID 19) we woke up to the largest earthquake (5.7) Utah has had in 28 years. And the last one was in St George so it’s been much longer since the Salt Lake…
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Social distancing
Yesterday WTW determined that the infrastructure teams should work from home full time until further notice in order to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus. Today President Trump declared a national emergency for this pandemic and then later in the afternoon the governor ordered that all K-12 schools close for at least two weeks. The…
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Moroni and Amalickiah
I see the actions and appeal of both Moroni and Amalickiah differently now than I used to. Today we live in a time when large groups of people distrust what their guvernant is doing. That distrust is deep enough that they favor anyone not connected to the current centers of power. This is what drove…
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A forgiving invitation
We have in the news today the story of a young man who graciously and publicly forgave the woman who killed his big brother – the brother he looked up to almost as a hero. This young man testified in court that he forgave the woman and that he wished she didn’t have to serve…
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Apostasy continued
Apostasy both leads to and stems from people walking in spiritual darkness. As doctrine and Covenants 50 so succinctly put it, that which does not edify is darkness. Such darkness shall not only come from outside the church but even within the church there shall be those who arise and speak perverse things to draw…