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legacy.com obituary Warren Brent Hardy served a mission in the Southern Far East Mission in 1956. Then back with his wife as the President of the Southern Far East Mission. He also went back with his wife in 1998 as the President of the Hong Kong Temple. He has done a lot for the Church [...]  Read More →

I recently finished reading this new book by Gale Sears. It is a Historical Novel based in Hong Kong around the time of Mao ZeDong‘s death in 1976. Some of the character in the story are very real people while some are complete fiction. I rather enjoyed the plot. I found the story be quite [...]  Read More →

Dear Dr. Hendricks, I write this letter to you in the spirit of supreme annoyance sir, for your recent comments in the Religion section of the Huffington Post have driven me to take actions I find personally revolting:  Come to the defense of Mitt Romney.  You see Mr. Hendricks, unlike Governor Romney, I am both a liberal and a Democrat, who would like nothing better to see President Obama be reelected this year.  That said, Brother Romney and I have one thing in common, that I cannot, under any circumstances, overlook:  We are both committed members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion whose beliefs you have attacked in your article.  Thus your actions have put me in a most distasteful position. You open your piece with a statement that, when read in light of the article of the rest of the article, is most disingenuous.  You state “I’m pretty much a live-and-let-live guy.  In fact, I don’t believe in religious litmus tests of any kind.  Frankly I... Read the rest of this entry »

In New York Harbor there stands the statue of a lady, whose name is Liberty, and within her base lies an inscription that, depending on how you look at it, is either one of the most inspiring expositions of American idealism, or one of the greatest pieces of unintentional irony ever carved in stone.  The statement, by Emma Lazarus, is as follows: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Considering the current atmosphere of anti-immigrant hysteria, in light of our nation’s history of less-than-welcoming behavior toward the newly arrived other (No Irish Need Apply, anyone?) I wonder some times if Ms. Lazarus penned these words to shame us collectively into better behavior, as if we might compare our personal pettiness with the ideals outlined in those words and find ourselves wanting.  If so, I fear the... Read the rest of this entry »

I must stress my disclaimers here, especially: These thoughts are my own, if by nothing else, my adopting them because they make sense and sound right. Also, I am by no means an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Just a member with a few decades of experience on local/district [...]  Read More →

As I prepare to head home for the holidays, I wish you a very Merry Christmas.  Enjoy the time you have to spend with family and I’ll see you again next week! -Michelle, Wandering Still  Read More →

H. Grant Heaton Passed away this last week. He was the one of the first missionaries to Hong Kong in the early 1950′s and the first Mission President in the Chinese Realm for the Southern Far East Mission. He will be missed by many. http://www.mission.net/taiwan/taipei/news.php?nID=5810 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=h-grant-heaton&pid=154748314 Here is a link a Deseret News article for [...]  Read More →

Here is a fun video of a couple of Taiwan Missionaries. One of them happens to be my neighbor. I think they give a good representation of missionary work with the Chinese people. Taiwan Missionaries  Read More →

I’m a Mormon, and I have to admit I really like being a Mormon. As a result, I read a lot of news articles about Mormons and Mormonism. I particularly like to see what non-Mormons have to say about us Mormons, especially how they explain our history and beliefs. It’s usually quite gut-bustingly entertaining. A portion of one recent article by David DiSalvo in Forbes was particularly amusing, so much so, I’d like to share it with a little commentary (in italics). Apart from splitting up some DiSalvo’s original paragraphs to make way for my comments, I haven’t changed a word. Even the struck-out text is from the original. Take it away Mr. DiSalvo: To figure out how that conclusion was reached [that Mormonism is a "heretical cult"], we have to do just a little history sleuthing. History sleuthing! Come, I’ll get my cap and magnifying glass–the game is afoot! Since there’s so much about Mormonism available in print and online by both Mormons... Read the rest of this entry »

Much ado is being made at present over Pastor Robert Jeffress’s remarks at the Values Voters Summit, where he minced no words in expressing to reporters his view that Mormons–members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–belong to a cult. When news commentator Anderson Cooper interviewed Pastor Jeffress, the latter maintained his previously stated position, though he did do us a favor by clarifying that he considers Mormons to belong to a theological as opposed to a sociological cult. I have my doubts that the American public, and specifically Jeffress’s 10,000 congregants, could describe the difference between the two (I can’t). Thus cult remains the operative word, ostensibly a bad thing to be a part of, especially if you are running for President. Though I disagree with most of what Pastor Jeffress said to Mr. Cooper regarding my faith, I did enjoy his characterization of the Book of Mormon as “newer, fresher revelation.” In... Read the rest of this entry »

Some time ago I was reading through The Works of Philo. (I still am… it’s a long read.) He’d talked a little bit in an earlier part of the book about the difference between a “husbandman” and someone who cultivates the ground. As he puts it: The generality of men not understanding the nature of things, do also of necessity err with respect to the composition of names; … For what man is there who is at all hasty in forming an opinion, who would not think that the being a husbandman (geoµrgia), and the occupying one’s self in cultivating the ground (heµ geµsergasia), were the same thing? And yet in real truth, not only are these things not the same, but they are even very much separated from one another, so as to be opposed to, and at variance with one another. Philo, “On Husbandry”, I It seemed to me at first that Philo might be splitting his hairs a little too fine. He had made this distinction in an earlier portion of the book, but... Read the rest of this entry »