Category Archives: Religious

When my child suffers, how do I keep my faith and still love my god?

“When my child suffers, how do I keep my faith and still love my god?” – A question from my friend, Stu Grater. My initial general answer to this question is, perspective. I personally have suffered pain. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual pain. I expect I will continue to suffer pain in the future. “Life is …

16 July 2012 – 11:36:10 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , |

Believe in things to come

The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. There are a lot of reasons that faith is a foundational principle in the gospel. Faith is an active principle, requiring input from us to actually bring blessings into our life. A powerful aspect of this faith is the act of believing …

11 May 2012 – 20:31:17 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious |

Prisoner Restitution

Citizens of the United States of America have rights. Such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When a citizen commits a crime, they do so in trade for some of their rights. In other words, were I to kill someone, I would give up my rights to liberty and the …

20 July 2011 – 11:44:58 | By Jonathan | Posted in Economics, Energy, Philosophic, Political, Religious | Tagged , , , , , |

What is Easter?

I was just imagining what it would be like to happen upon an American Easter celebration with no prior knowledge of the holiday or accompanying traditions. It would probably seem that Easter is about a magical bunny… that lays eggs. Eggs that mostly contain sugary treats, though occasionally there are other things in the eggs, …

25 April 2011 – 14:26:05 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , , |

Is there a situation where democracy won’t work?

This important question was asked and answered by Clayton M. Christensen on 16 May 2009 in a commencement speech given at Southern New Hampshire University. I encourage everyone to read this speech. Here are a couple of quotes from it that caught my attention: Too often, as a result, we overlook an obvious fact: finding …

22 February 2011 – 11:48:53 | By Jonathan | Posted in Economics, Philosophic, Political, Religious |

Faith vs Works for Salvation

Our family was reading recently about when God sent fiery serpents amongst the Israelites as a punishment because of their wickedness. The part that I found interesting was that God told Moses to create a brass serpent and fasten it to the top of a pole. Then, when someone was bitten by one of the …

19 September 2010 – 20:39:40 | By Jonathan | Posted in Religious | Tagged , , , , , , |

Soul Feasting

While discussing the topic of “feasting on the Word of God” (2 Nephi 31:20) today at church I presented the following analogy which I particularly like, as it helps me visualize better the need for me to study the scriptures daily. You have probably heard that we should feast upon the scriptures, in other words, …

11 April 2010 – 20:04:18 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , |