Feast of Tabernacles
The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot — is the 15th day of Tishri. Sukkot continues to the 21st...
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Understanding the Sacred Festivals
To better understand the Sacred Festivals listen to this podcast from The Bible Project: The...
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Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
Sometimes we forget that Jesus was a Jew — many called him “rabbi,” and he and...
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Yom Kippur
I love the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, and I’m not Jewish. I want to join in — even...
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I love The Bible Project podcasts, so I thought I would share their free online class —...
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Hosea and Rosh Hashanah
Hosea is one of the minor prophets of the Torah or Old Testament. He is considered minor because...
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Birth pains of the Messiah
I find it more than interesting that the scriptures often use metaphors that are related to women....
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Eternal round and distilling souls
I’ve written about my view of the Plan of Salvation. In the context of God’s “eternal...
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When I’m Dead and Rotten
I like to write. But I hate to be a bore. I’m reminded of something that Peggy Noonan said...
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Learning to like it
Even though this is the Devil’s world, we chose to come here. God honors our agency. And...
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Where does Eve come from?
Blake considered the Bible to be the supreme poetic work and here evocatively re-imagined...
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Symbolism of Forty days and Forty years
I tend to take things quite literally, yet I love symbolism. So, when I was young in the gospel, I...
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Ascending a Ladder to Heaven
Which comes first — spiritual blessings or the fiery furnace? About ten years ago, I read...
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The Doctrine of Election
The Prophet’s Instruction on the Doctrine of Election June 27, 1839 History of the Church,...
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Forget about “thee and “thou”
I grew up believing that I could only pray to God using the sacred, reverent, formal language of...
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MesoAmerica, Cumorah, and that letter VII
I’ve always believed that the people of the Book of Mormon were located in North America...
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Why do we say, “bless you ” when someone sneezes?
I sneeze loudly. My husband always wants a warning, but I can’t warn before I sneeze. He...
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What does it mean when Isaiah says, “your hands are filled with blood”?
I’ve always wondered what Isaiah meant when he revealed in his vision that their...
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Finding more meaning in the Sacrament
When you listen to the sacrament prayers and take part in eating the bread and the drinking of the...
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The symbol of sackcloth
Sackcloth is penitent clothing. It was also worn as a sign of mourning and a sign of submission....
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