With sincere apologies to Dr. Seuss.
Saturday is our ward Christmas party and what, oh what, do you think is the main dish on the menu?
Steak?
Nope, try again.
Chicken?
Wrong, yet again.
Pork?
You’re getting warmer…
I’d be interested in some scholarly input on this article on a Catholic blog. Interesting to note that April 6 is mentioned as an important date.
Taken somewhat out of context, but it’s too good to pass up:
Sometimes, reading Tolkien, I am reminded of the Book of Mormon.
–Harold Bloom on The Lord of the Rings.
Discuss.
NOTE: This was written on 30 November, but M* was sick, so it wasn’t posted then. Thus, when you read “today” it is referring to 30 November.
I returned home from my mission (in Chicago) 10 years ago today. Ten years ago! I’m old! I was ready and eager to come home. I was looking forward to sleeping in (though I now consider 6:30 to be sleeping in), no longer wearing a dress, and no longer talking to people. After a year and a half of being social and outgoing, I was really ready to be alone.
During the April 1984 General Conference, a temple for Las Vegas was announced. Planning and preparation for the temple acquired a particular urgency in November of that year. Jay Bingham and Paul Christensen, both Latter-day Saints, had been elected to the Clark County Commission and would take office in January. Bruce Woodbury and Karen Hayes were already two of that body’s seven members, and so from 1985 until 1995, Latter-day Saints would be a majority on southern Nevada’s most important governing council.
I have no idea what outer darkness would be like, but this seems about as good a description as any.
Over at Kultureblog I have a review of Apocalypto. It’s a bit tongue in cheek, comparing it to several popular action movies. But the obvious question lurking in the background is how Mel Gibson’s film will affect how we look at the Book of Mormon. Now Kultureblog is not really a Mormon blog, even though there are a few Mormons on it. So don’t discuss Mormonism there. I thought one of the other blogs might broach the topic while we here at M* were undergoing our transition. But no one did, so let me throw out the question to your if you’d seen Apocalypto as to how it affected how your visualize the Book of Mormon.
In the scriptures we are admonished, “but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (Matt. 5: 39)
I’m all for turning the other cheek, however the admonition fails to take into account the situational nature for turning the other cheek.
(Originally posted 4-19-05)
Ezra lived in the Israelite “post-apocalyptic” period. The glorious kingdom was gone, the city of Jerusalem and its Temple destroyed, the Davidic line lost, God’s chosen people had been hauled to Babylon, and only a small remnant returned to try to rebuild the Temple. Ezra believed that these events were to due Israelite infidelity to the covenants they had made. Setting aside what those commandments were, Ezra’s prayer in chapter 9 strikes me as a model of how we should come before the Lord “with fear and trembling.”
…the more they stay the same. Here’s an article on Mitt Romney’s success in the business world. Those of you interested in business will hopefully find it as fascinating as I did. Those of you bored by the business world should click elsewhere. The key graph:
The episode highlights what would become the defining characteristic of Romney’s career as a venture capitalist—and later as a government executive. He was willing to pursue—and analyze—data that others wouldn’t bother to chase down. His dogged persistence paid off. During the 14 years Romney headed Bain Capital, the firm’s average annual internal rate of return on realized investments was a staggering 113 percent. At that growth rate, a hypothetical $1,000 investment would grow to $39.6 million before fees. Few, if any, VC firms have ever matched Bain Capital’s performance under Mitt Romney.
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