by kdm | May 30, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post “Logic”, Adam S. Miller writes: The law is about justice, not punishment. Punishment—defined as the work of returning evil to those who have done evil—can only compound evil. Punishment, as the work of giving...
by kdm | May 29, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Adam S. Miller and his book “Original Grace”: My father bought our first house with a handshake. My parents “had no money, not even two nickels to rug together.” But the prophet had said, “Get an education, marry, and buy a home. I...
by kdm | May 28, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan
From Franklin D. Richards: The holding of family prayer is a powerful influence for good in every home where it is a regular practice. Morning and evening prayers as well as blessing on our food, bring us a sense of unity in our family as well as a closeness to our...
by kdm | May 27, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Today's Post
From Adam S. Miller and his book “Original Grace”, Under the above title: If the purpose of justice isn’t punishment, then what is justice? And what has justice to do with grace? In the opening pages of Plato’s Republic, a young man named...
by kdm | May 26, 2024 | agency, Choice, spiritually strong, The Plan
And don’t know how to proceed. The only option (heavy censoring) is unworkable to me. Suggestions? kdm
by kdm | May 25, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, For times of trouble, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book “Fifty Things that Matter to Latter-day Saints . . . . Perseverance is why we revere Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, Lance Armstrong and several other greats. They didn’t find their destiny in defeat, or spelled out obstacles, but rather they...