Finally Accepting that I Might be a Hoarder
By Casey Wood “Okay, why are we keeping this empty box?” asked my wife as we were packing our things. We had just bought our first home, and this was our first time packing up all our belongings together. When we married, I had been done with school and living on my own in an […]
We’ve Come to Take Normal for Granted
Pondering the meaning of normal brought me to the reality of the current challenges to our world during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cruising the Loop
The Nebo Loop Scenic Byway is still a spectacularly beautiful drive. The 37-mile drive takes about one to two hours, depending on how many times you stop for pictures.
Thoughts on Zion – The Two Faces of Humility
As a people interested in fleeing Babylon and building Zion, we need to thoroughly understand the similarities and differences between pride, the foundation of Babylon, and humility, which leads
Thoughts on Zion: Seeing the Two Faces of Pride
If we are truly interested in fleeing Babylon and building Zion, we need to thoroughly understand the similarities and differences between pride, which moves society towards Babylon, and humility
Thoughts on Zion: Replacing Pride with Humility
Along our journey here in this column, we came to conclude that:
1. “Babylon” is any culture that has incorporated pride-based beliefs and customs into its social organizations, such as families,
Thoughts on Zion: Both Babylon & Zion have cultures
The ideas shared here opened my eyes to see Babylon and Zion much more clearly and helped me better understand how to move from the former to the latter.In his General Conference talk in April 20
Thoughts on Zion: Seeing through the lens of humility
Before exploring something both Babylon and Zion have in common, let’s take an even closer look at two conclusions we came to in a previous column: “Pride is the stepping stone to Babylon” and “H
Thoughts on Zion: The Stepping Stones of Pride and Humility
By Jesse Fisher
As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we are under covenant with God to establish Zion. We are also under divine direction to flee Babylon (D&C 133:12
Thoughts on Zion: Babylon and Zion as Opposites
And Elder D. Todd Christopherson said, “The antithesis and antagonist of Zion is Babylon”, which we’ll simplify here as “Babylon is the opposite of Zion.”It should also be obvious that the opposite of