Posts Tagged ‘ sabbath ’

When Is Your Ox in the Mire?

November 14, 2008
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When Is Your Ox in the Mire?

You probably know the Primary song about Sunday observance by heart: Saturday is a special day It’s the day we get ready for Sunday We brush our teeth and we go to the bathroom So we don’t have to do it ’til Monday Well, that’s how my sister and I used to sing it anyway.  So, how liberal or orthodox is your interpretation of Sunday observance?

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God, Music, and the Sabbath

August 18, 2008
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2 Nephi 31:3 (emphasis added) For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men. For the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding. When I was a teenager, I had an angry, liberal, bisexual friend whom I loved. Not in a romantic sense, but in a sense that I truly understood her. She was incredibly creative and I wanted her to be successful in her musical and artistic endeavors. We once had a conversation that completely...

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