Yesterday was Yom Kippur. One of the things I did to observe this day was to not drive my car. I walked and took the Trax to work. It took...

Tonight begins the holiest day of the year in the Jewish religion. It is the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. We read in the Old Testament r...

Natural Stone vs Man-Made Concrete: From the days of the Old Testament, the Lord has commanded His people to build temples, sacred stru...

Observing the Vernal, and the Autumnal Equinoxes and the Solstices was something done from ancient times, in ceremony and in ritual. Who...

Tonight at sunset began the Feast of the Trumpets . I received an email from a friend that I wanted to share an excerpt: "Tonight...

“These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations , which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.” Leviticus 23:4 Next week be...

A few weeks ago, I felt that this 100 th post would possibly be my last one. I started this blog as a repository for some of my thoughts an...

Below is the newly built Jeffrey R Holland Building to be dedicated tomorrow on September 7th by President Uchtodorf of the First Pres...

I would rather that this blog not become a political platform, but I feel I need to express my opinions and my concern for where our countr...

A good friend of mine forwarded one of those "viral" emails to me yesterday. Maybe some of you already recieved it. Just in case ...

Below is a short excerpt from a Conference address given by Elder Maxwell in his 1993 Conference address, "Behold the Enemy is Combined...

A ritual is meant to be sacred. It comes from the word “rite”.   A rite is an established, ceremonious, religious observance.   There is...