Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay is an emeritus blogger.

The Importance of Activities

Posted on March 6, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 23 Comments

I’ve been pondering the importance of ward or branch activities after seeing how a simple event touched a number of lives. Our High Priest Group chose to do a chili dinner recently and invited anyone interested to come. The night before, a new convert and I worked together to cook up a few batches of […]

From Millennial Park to Millennial Star: Imagery of Truth Flowing from an Ensign to the Nations

Posted on February 25, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 3 Comments

I like finding religious symbolism in some of the photos I take. As my little gift to Millennial Star, here are some photos I took last summer at Millennial Park in Chicago. There are some scriptures I’ll add to the photos that follow - but I’ve got to run to our Stake Temple Day in […]

More Time with Family? Really? The Feb. 11 Worldwide Leadership Training Broadcast

Posted on February 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 34 Comments

“Supporting the Family” - what a great theme for Church’s Worldwide Leadership Training broadcast that I attended out here in Appleton, Wisconsin on Saturday, Feb. 11. You can read or listen to the talks given by going to the “Supporting the Family” broadcast page at LDS.org.
In this training meeting for Church leaders, I was […]

A Plug for Foreign Language Study - And Multitasking Podcast Paradise

Posted on February 18, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments

We know it’s going to happen, this thing about the Gospel going to all the nations of the earth. That may not mean that the Church will be recognized and allowed to send missionaries in all nations, or even allowed to hold meetings, but I believe nearly everywhere will get some exposure, and I believe […]

On Ammon, Google, and “Cooperation with Tyranny”

Posted on February 16, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 14 Comments

I love the story of Ammon, the son of a Nephite king who forsook the throne to go deep into Lamanite territory to bring the Gospel to others. Ammon and his peers changed the course of history, bringing thousands of former enemies into the Gospel and into friendship with the Nephite people. (And he killed […]

Tithing, Savings, and China

Posted on February 14, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 8 Comments

In my experience, people who pay tithing faithfully are also more likely to save for the future. Perhaps it’s because the same financial discipline required to pay tithing is needed to save. Perhaps it’s because the faith to pay tithing is nurtures a focus on the future rather than present pleasures, and that also motivates […]

The Hidden Wisdom of the Gospel

Posted on February 12, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 11 Comments

The Gospel of Jesus Christ, when preached to the intellectual Greeks and Romans of New Testament times, was simply laughable. The concept of a physical resurrection and many other core elements of Christianity flew in the face of what was commonly accepted by the elite of those societies. Eloquent and well educated critics such as […]

Letting Go

Posted on February 10, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments

Do you ever have days where you just want to scream because there is so much to do, so many expectations to fulfill and goals to achieve, and yet there will just never be time to do what needs to be done? I’ve been a bit stressed recently between work and home and Church callings […]