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Walking into the darkness … finding little bowls of candy waiting
Family is the Plan of Salvation
This is the fifth in a 7-part series, A Compound in One, originally published at Real Intent. Understanding that Satan’s best, most successful efforts are going to be focused on causing us to fail to keep our Second Estate just as he failed to keep his First, naturally the divine destinies of men and women in creating celestial […]
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Sex as a Sacrament
April 13, 2013
This is the fourth in a 7-part series, A Compound in One, originally published at Real Intent. The gospel of Jesus Christ is phenomenally respectful of the capacities of the very young. Children are revered as models for our spiritual growth; at the tender age of eight one is considered sufficiently aware to be held accountable for sin; and […]
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Gifts (Estates) Precede Callings
April 13, 2013
This is the third in a 7-part series, A Compound in One, originally published at Real Intent. As I studied the Doctrine and Covenants in November and December of last year, I was overwhelmed with the consistency of a theme: people who came to the prophet for further light and knowledge were told of gifts they had been given for […]
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Know Ye Not That Ye Are the Temple of God?
April 13, 2013
This is the second in a 7-part series, A Compound in One, originally published at Real Intent. Latter-day saints are familiar with the central role of temples in our theology of work that crosses realms. From the earliest time, God’s children were commanded to build temples. Altars were constructed to turn the hearts of Old Testament believers to […]
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Dualism, Pythagoras, and Philosophical Curiosity
April 13, 2013
This is the first in a 7-part series, A Compound in One, originally published at Real Intent. In a former life (30 years ago), I was a math geek. I loved the perfect structure of shapes, the laws of number relationships, and dabbled in the ontological possibilities of mathematical philosophy (the study of being, becoming, and reality through […]
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Mammon
March 15, 2013
In the synoptic gospels there is a story of a certain man who came to the Master seeking to know what he should do to inherit or gain eternal life. The Master reviewed the commandments in a quick recitation of the well-known steps to heaven, worn by the feet of the children of Abraham since the time of Moses, […]
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Called to Fall
March 12, 2013
Half a year and most of a lifetime ago our world turned inside-out. With the passing of months, the thought of it still awakens a creeping paralysis in my gut, a dark void that yawns threateningly after us. I have to take hold of myself and shake myself free every time. Mike is gone. We failed. Last Fall, a […]
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