So, I’m reading Will Durant’s The Story of Philosophy.
Paraphrasing some of Nietzsche’s ideas, Durant writes:
Varying foods have varying mental effects: rice makes for Buddhism, and German metaphysics is the result of beer.
This led to a lively discussion: what food would you say moves people towards Mormonism?
One friend and I immediately thought “chocolate”; my wife independently replied […]
One of the funny things about being a writer is that you have to be somewhat narcissistic. You have to think your words are important enough to share. To quote Orson Scott Card:
Let’s face it. You don’t start writing fiction if you didn’t have a healthy dose of vanity and ambition. What could […]
The last few weeks prior to conference were not very good ones for me. Trials seemed to come from nearly every direction causing me great anxiety regarding my children, our house, my job, and our finances. I do not wish to express the details, because the details are not the point, and because I know […]
Conference is right around the corner. Yes, it’s been six months already.
Sometimes I get a lot out of conference. This usually happens when I am really looking for some specific things. If my expectations are realistic, they are often met. I had two specific topics that I hoped would be addressed in some way during […]
Have you ever heard a talk or lesson on a topic like prayer and just sort of zoned out because it’s so, well, commonplace? We sometimes joke about ‘the Sunday School answers’ — you know, “read, pray, go to church” and all that jazz.
