Tag Archives: faith

Are Church Leaders Accountable to the Membership?

October 21, 2009 – 12:46 pm

I received an email today which highlights a serious error which I believe runs rampant among some members of the Church, especially those I encounter online. Here are some excerpts from the email which demonstrate the issue: … You should allow this point to be made.  You can always oppose that point, but to suppress [...]

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Prayer Circles and the Power of Group Thinking in Dan Brown’s ‘The Lost Symbol’

September 21, 2009 – 2:23 pm

(This is a continuation of my thoughts about The Lost Symbol from my previous post.) One of the themes taken up again and again in Dan Brown’s latest novel The Lost Symbol is the idea of power in group thinking and concentration.  Katherine’s character in particular is engaged in the scientific study of producing physical [...]

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Mormon Thoughts on the Temple – Round #2

March 30, 2009 – 3:14 pm

A few days ago I posted a request for thoughts on the temple.  I’ve received a few messages from some readers, but not as many as I would like.  We’d really like to hear from more of you.  I think this could be a very powerful missionary tool for all of us. What does the [...]

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Mormon Thoughts About the Temple Using Google Voice

March 26, 2009 – 1:00 pm

So, we’re going to try something a little different and creative, something that I haven’t seen done anywhere else on the internet, and certainly not in the Bloggernacle, so we’re setting a new precedent here.  You get to hear so much from me, but we don’t often get to hear from you, the readers, except [...]

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Answering Questions about Mormonism

February 7, 2009 – 8:45 am

A few months ago we showed a TV news story of an interview with a missionary who, how should we say, didn’t quite know how to answer questions about the Church or the temple, and which just left more suspicion and misunderstanding than it dispelled.  We concluded that we must have a good grasp of [...]

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