One breaks his priesthood covenant by transgressing commandments, but also by leaving undone his duties. Accordingly, to break this covenant one needs only to do nothing.
Could I ask Millennial Star readers to respectfully to discuss this quotation from President Kimball?
Source: “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball.”
I haven’t read George Orwell’s “1984” since high school, but I decided this week would be a good time to re-read it. One gets dozens of new insights re-reading this classic, but one thing that interested me, post-conversion, is Orwell’s relationship with God. Like many atheists or humanists, such as Carl Sagan in the book “Contact,” Orwell unwittingly makes the case for why God exists and why He is necessary.
My stake president read the Church statement on political neutrality during High Council meeting today. He reports that the Church is re-emphasizing the importance of this issue as the presidential campaign gears up.
This article in the New Republic is the best analysis I’ve seen yet as to how the Republican nomination battle is likely to turn out. To sum up, it looks increasingly likely that Giuliani, Romney and Thompson will all have hundreds of delegates. If none of the candidates drops out, this means the Republican candidate will likely be chosen at the convention itself. This is, of course, how it was done in the old days, but recently candidates have nabbed the nomination before then. The GOP candidate may not be chosen until September 2008, leaving less than two months to campaign against Hillary. Ouch.
This is simply an awe-inspiring story. A woman loses her husband in the 9/11 attacks. She is devastated. She hires a nanny who is a Church member and meets other Church members, goes to Church and feels the Spirit and decides to get baptized. She meets her new husband on LDSSingles.com, and ends up moving to Georgia, where the story of her conversion — portrayed incredibly respectfully — appeared in a small daily newspaper.
JJohnsen was able to provide me with a permanent link to the story.
The story is worth reading just to see the respectful way that a small-town Georgia newspaper portrays the Church. Awesome stuff.