Review of Steven Peck, Evolving Faith: Wanderings of a Mormon Biologist (Provo: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, BYU, 2015). The ultimate purpose of the work of this God may never be understood by the mind of man. Perhaps … Continue reading
This past weekend (Jan. 17-19), Terryl and Fiona Givens were the speakers for the Miller Eccles Study Group and the Genesis Group. I was privileged to attend the Saturday study group as well as the Sunday Fireside. While the Fireside was … Continue reading
An important thread running through Mormonism is the religious significance often attached to secular acts. Part one explored this phenomenon in light of similar traditions in Judaism; part two will add managerial perspectives and its connection to eternal progression. Worlds Without … Continue reading
Before moving to Texas for college, my parents spent their youth in a small Louisianan town. My mother comes from Mormon ancestry (her great grandfather Nathaniel Pope Muse donated the land for the first LDS meetinghouse in Louisiana and was … Continue reading
With it being the Thanksgiving season, gratitude is sure to be a topic of multiple articles and sacrament talks. “Count Your Blessings” may be chosen as a sacrament hymn in order to match the “spirit of the season.” President Gordon … Continue reading
Miracle #2: Self When Rene Descartes thought about reality, he wondered what, if anything could be considered absolutely real. As part of a thought experiment, he assumed an ultimate level of doubt, presuming that any and everything he perceived or imagined could … Continue reading
As society continues to migrate to towards secularism, a larger percentage of the population questions the existence of God and skeptics find it easier to dismiss scriptural or personal claims of miracles. Factors of modernity lead some to doubt the … Continue reading