Here is the last video I played for an eclipse presentation given on April 6, 2024. I will post more details later but I wanted to post this before the big event tomorrow.
Sunday, April 7, 2024
HEARING THE UNSPOKEN
The musician speaks through his music.
The poet speaks though his poetry.
The Creator speaks through His Creations.
The following video was the first of two videos that was played for an Eclipse presentation given on April 6, 2024 in Palmyra, New York.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Anticlimatic Event: Angel Moroni placed back on top of the Salt Lake Temple
On April 6, 1892, the placement of the Angel Moroni statue atop the Salt Lake Temple was a momentous occasion for members of the LDS Church, signifying the nearing completion of the temple's construction. The ceremony was conducted with great reverence and celebration, attended by church leaders, construction workers, and members of the community.
Today on April 2, 2024, four years after the 5.7 earthquake when the trumpet held by the statue fell to the ground, construction workers placed back on top of the center spire Angel Moroni with his new shiny trumpet.. This time, only a few hundred people, mostly construciton workers gathering this morning to see the event.. I don't think there was any mention in the news that this was going to happen today. I was lucky enough to be downtown on Temple Square during my lunch break to witness the event. Here are a few photos I took this morning.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50968626/moroni-returns-to-his-place-atop-the-salt-lake-temple |
Sidenote: Construction has begun on the Brigham Young Home. It what looks to be a complete gutting of his home that we call the Beehive House. Like the Salt Lake Temple "renovation".. only an outer shell of this historic building stands.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
A NEUTRAL BALANCE OF OPPOSITES - Spring Equinox 2024
- The balance between Adam’s Fall and Christ’s sacrifice provides a neutral balance of opposites. We choose what we are willing to do with this balanced universe.
- We tip the scales by our choices, and by so doing, we change all eternity. We change eternity by the choices we make here.
- There is an eternal balance, with infinite results, hanging on our every choice. We stand in peril or stand in glory depending upon our every thought and deed.
- Five minutes of mortality are more precious than all the prior eternities of pre-earth life. Only here can you demonstrate the faith from which creation itself was born.
- Our failures are mourned in the corridors of Heaven with groans for our shortcomings. We have angels and gods wishing our choices were always tipping the scale of balance in this life in favor of obedience to God.
- Our noble acts and righteous deeds are celebrated in joy and song in the corridors of Heaven. As we choose.
Photo taken on March 19th, 2024 of the sunset in SLC, UT just before the Spring Equinox at 9:06 PM |
First Spring sunrise of 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
TRUE OR FALSE?
“This is what we are hoping,children and young people that hopefully will understand better.When we exercise our agency to understand the conditions of covenants, and we accept the conditions of the covenants, our agency is enlarged. When we are baptized, we covenant a willingness to take upon ourselves the name of Christ, always remember Him, and keep his commandments. What is our new family name after that? Christian. It cracks me up when people say we are not Christians. We are the only ones who by proper authority can lay claim to the title.”
In its most basic definition, a Christian is someone who is a follower of Jesus Christ. And we follow Christ by embodying both the beliefs of the Christian faith by believing in Jesus's life, death, and resurrection, and also by putting that faith into action as true disciples of Christ. I think all Christains around the world would be offended that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claim that are the ONLY ONE who by proper authority feel that can claim the title of Christain.
LDS Church buys Kirtland Temple, historic Nauvoo buildings
Thursday, February 29, 2024
SOME SUGGESTIONS:
Happy Leap Day! An added day to our calendar that only comes around every four years.
It is almost as if we have an extra day today. So, how will you spend it?
Here is my to-do list today:
- Try to not take offense from others.
- Spend some time outside.
- Tell your wife you love her
- Do a random act of kindness.
- Don't speak ill of someone.
- Forgive and /or tell someone you are so sorry.
- Eat something healthy.
Sidenote:
Last week I was able to spend some much needed alone time up at Bear Lake. Getting out in nature in the early morning hours is one way I can deal with problems and chaos that occurs in my day to day life. Below are a few photos I took one morning. Each photo holds an important personal message to me. Appreciate my friend who pointed out the significance of a lamppost from CS Lewis', Narnia.
"The lamp-post symbolized direction and finding their way home. Winter in Narnia symbolizes death, since it is always winter when the White Witch reigns. Then when the snow begins melting, it is clear that the spell is fading and Aslan has returned."
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
SADNESS
Photo taken yesterday, February 12, 2024. |
In ancient times, God called a prophet named Moses to lead his people through the wilderness. They carried their temple with them and called it the tabernacle. Inside it, God spoke to Moses face to face. When Moses went in to speak to the Lord, "the cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses" "And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night."Exodus 13:21.
The Provo Temple was designed to refer to this symbolism, to represent both the cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night.
The top two floors have a corridor circling around the entire building, whose inspiration came from a park surrounded by an elliptical roadway in Copenhagen, Denmark. This design provides an easier flow of patrons and makes it almost impossible to get lost.
As I was leaving the Temple yesterday, the sun was coming up over the mountains. I appreciated the symbolism of the Angel Moroni on top of the Temple facing directly southeast at the rising sun.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
THE NEW HALL OF THE PROPHETS:
And a few more:
Photo of President Nelson with framed photos of his two wives (one deceased) behind him. |
I clicked on the article and read all of the quotes from the Apostles and the General Relief Society Presidency. Below are a few samples of praise they said about President Nelson
According to two researchers working independently (Christian Anderson and Quentin Spencer), mentions of President Russell M. Nelson occur twice as often as for any previous president of the church. LINK. When speakers mention the current leader’s name as often as the Savior’s, it’s no longer clear just who it is we’re supposed to be worshipping."
NARCISSISM:
Excessive interest in or admiration of oneself.
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance. They need and seek too much attention and want people to admire them.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
TWO MAJOR (SHOCKING) ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE LDS CHURCH -
I did a google search for all the different flags around the world. I found that there are 254 country flags in total. Here is the website: https://flagpedia.net/index
For those who might want to learn more about the United Nations and the LDS connection, watch this video, LINK: https://rumble.com/vvt2zm-global-lds-church.html
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ANNOUNCEMENT 02:THE CHURCH HIRES NEW DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATION:
The new director of global communications for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Aaron Sherinian.The managing director of Church Communication is a trusted communication advisor to the church’s senior leadership, including the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and works under their direction. Sherinian will oversee several teams within the department: media relations; government, community, and interfaith relations; international area relations; reputation management; channel management; and messaging.Friday, January 5, 2024
BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE - Two Sacred Ordinances
Happy New Year! 2024!
Two significant events took place this past week that my wife and I both witnessed. These beautiful experiences involved two separate couples.
First, we participated in a baptism of both a husband and wife that was performed in Jordan River. A few days, my wife and I witnessed a beautiful wedding of my neice and her now husband.
Both a marriage and a baptism are sacred ordinances. They both are symbolic of a new life. Prior to the baptisms in the Jordan River, two mallard ducks, a male and female couple, flew into the spot where the baptism was to take place. I took a quick photo for me to remember the beautiful event.
The statement that we often hear the wife or husband will say in a GOOD marriage is:
"My spouse is my better half"
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However in a GREAT marriage, the wife or husband will say:
"My spouse is my other half, who makes me better"
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I realize that there are alot of marriages out there that are in disrepair and need of alot of help. Some marriages might be beyond fixing. In marriage is so important to remember that it is not about WHO is right.. it is all about WHAT is right. The following quotes contain some great questions to evaluate your marriage:
"Are the two of you, together, better than what each of you are alone? Is your marriage a source of joy, of happiness, of contentment, of companionship? The Lord told them to multiply and replenish the earth. Do you find within your family relationship that there’s joy and rejoicing and happiness as a consequence of the environment that you and your wife put together?"
Is your relationship… As a woman, is your relationship in the image of God? Is there godliness about the way in which you and your husband interact? If you had to reckon whether or not someone, looking at the two of you, would see within you the image of God, would they do so?"
Friday, December 22, 2023
2023 WINTER SOLSTICE
Sidenote:
"A woman's strength is not a weapon against men but a shield for the innocent. With wisdom as her sword and compassion as her armor, she stands resolute against the brutality that seeks to harm the vulnerable."
"A truly empowered woman builds bridges instead of burning them, understanding that manipulation and revenge are shadows that diminish the light of genuine strength."
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
MEN OF GOD - Virtuous and Righteous
Photo taken by my friend on a hikewith him this fall on top of Sunset Peak of the sunrise over looking Lake Katherine. |
"True strength is not in how much force you can exert, but in how much love you can show. Abusing women is a betrayal of both strength and the divine."
"Real men of God lift others up with their words and actions, they do not use their power to oppress or harm. Abuse is a corruption of the sacred trust placed in spiritual leaders."
"A man who claims to walk in the light of God should never cast a shadow of abuse on those around him, especially the women who deserve love and respect."
"To harm and demean those who are vulnerable is not the path of righteousness. Men of God should be champions of compassion, not perpetrators of cruelty."
"Abuse is a contradiction to the teachings of love and kindness. Those who claim to be messengers of God must first embody the message of empathy and understanding."
"Real men of God protect the vulnerable, they don't prey on them."
"The true measure of a man is not in his calling, but in how he treats those he calls his family and friends."
"Real men of God confront their demons, they don't inflict them on others."
"A man who abuses a woman tarnishes not only her spirit but also the very essence of his claim to godliness. True spirituality is a beacon of light, not a weapon of harm."
"In the eyes of the divine, there is no justification for the abuse of women. Those who claim godliness while perpetrating harm are hypocrites, not men of God."
Sidenote:
“Once upon a time, there was a small turkey village. Every Sunday morning , all the turkeys would walk together to church. One Sunday, after the turkeys settled into their pews, the preacher delivered a sermon about a lost truth that the turkeys had forgotten. This restored truth was that turkeys can fly. The preacher showed the turkeys how this was to be done. He taught them to spread their wings and then soar like eagles. While they were singing the closing hymn, an extraordinary sight unfolded – all the turkeys rose from their seats, extended their wings, and gracefully soared above the pews. After an amazing flight accompanied by beautiful singing, the turkeys concluded with a closing prayer. After the prayer, the turkeys stood up and walked back home.
Unfortunately, there are too many turkeys still walking around that know how to fly. We need to step it up and fly like the eagles.
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Friday, November 10, 2023
CONTINUATION OF SEED
This blogpost is dedicated to my brother and his wife.
Man and woman together, as the image of God, are potentially infinite through their descendants. In a very real sense, through their posterity, Adam and Eve are still here. Although all will die, all will also endure throughout ages of mortality, like God, by multiplying to replenish the earth. Adam and Eve became in the image of God. This is at the core of redemption, the core of the work of God. This is what it means for God to complete His work and to have the continuation of the seeds.
Therefore the marriage covenant is needed for all those who would likewise seek to obtain from me the right to continue their seed into eternity, for only through marriage can Thrones and Kingdoms be established.
Continuation of Seed from the Glossary of Gospel Terms.
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Photos taken at sunset last night on Antelope Island on November 9, 2023.