One muggy summer night, I emerged from one of the homogenous, burnt-orange, brick MTC buildings. I had returned from my mission to Mexico only a few months earlier and, that night, I had just finished my first session of MTC teacher training. The air in the room had been thick with the Spirit […]
I was recently accused of exaggeration. The statement I made was this: “Diversity as an end (i.e. loving diversity and promoting it for its own sake) is evil because unity in truth can never be achieved.” I was referring to diversity of mind or opinion; and I later qualified the concept further. […]
My first real introduction to symbolism came while I was serving my mission. It was in my last area (Aurora Colorado), and I was with my last companion. I was lucky to have a dedicated companion during my final months.
This companion happened to bring along an audio tape that would end up […]
Kaimi made an interesting post recently at Times and Seasons about Times and Seasons. He was writing about the benefits of being an inter-ideologically diverse group blog. He mentioned how many group blogs are places where birds of a feather flock together. I suppose he could have been talking about Blogger of Jared and similar […]
This retraction is mostly for the apparently offensive “Israel Sucks” headline which probably would have been more appropriately written, “Why I take exception to some of Israel’s tactics in procuring land unto themselves”
Yes, mostly I am retracting the headline, but there were also several well reasoned points made within the discussion that I feel I […]
You, observant reader, have probably noticed that this post will have three, not two, parts. Perhaps you are hoping the last chapter in this saga contains a miracle, an epiphany, the story of Jennifer running into the chapel just at the end of Sacrament Meeting and later explaining to us the resurrection of her […]
I have a history of attacking the Israeli state on this blog. It’s not that I am entirely opposed to the concept. In fact, Wade brought up some great points on another post about Israel’s significant contributions to society with which I agree. I just think that some of the practices engaged in under the […]
The Fullness of the Gospel Series this month is called ‘Putting Off the Natural Man’. Another good one, I would like to provide my regular review, with a bit of a twist.
First the article makes mention of the various general philosophies of human nature. The three are:
1 - people are basically good.
2 - they are […]
There are a lot of perks about blogging! The Blogger of Jared was initiated as a means whereby a few friends could continue our philosophical and doctrinal musings even though we have since moved apart.
Furthermore, I feel as though I have gained at least a couple new friends (even though I don’t even know […]
Sometime in June, I received an e-mail fron Jennifer inviting me to come to a dinner at her house. I was preparing for an exam and probably would have ignored the e-mail completely if Jennifer had not written, explaining the reason for the dinner: “I have some things to share with all of you.” […]
