Archive for October, 2007

Altars of Sacrifice

Who among the readers of this blog is not moved by Brother Christensen’s testimony? Here is a man at a cross roads of his life. He is on his own for the first time. It is a make or break situation. Everything is on the line. He comes up with a plan for reading the [...]

Testimony: Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton M. Christensen is a returned LDS missionary and is currently a Professor at Harvard Business School. This is a portion of an essay he wrote, Why I Belong, and Why I Believe.

I was born into a wonderful Mormon family, and as I grew up I found few reasons to disbelieve the teachings [...]

Things of the Spirit

The phrase “the things of the spirit” is used twice in the scriptures, both times by the Apostle Paul. In spite of that fact LDS leaders use the term often. I had 114 hits when I searched LDS.org for usage of this phrase in the Ensign Magazine.
When church members use the phrase “the [...]

Definitions of Church Activity

Elder Packer recently asked a Stake President what the biggest problem in his Stake was. The Stake President replied, “Programs and activities of the church are becoming a substitute for testimonies.”When I heard Elder Packer relate this story I immediately thought of an old saying, “active in the church but not the gospel” (another [...]