Every year, on Yom Kippur afternoon, we read the biblical book of Jonah, the story of a reluctant prophet who tries to run away from God and ends up being swallowed, and then spit out, by a giant fish. It is a story of repentance, forgiveness, and learning to do better next time. ...
What makes someone an outcast? An outcast issomeone who is rejected or cast out, as from home or society or in some way excluded, looked down upon, or ignored. In common English speech, an outcast may be anyone who does not fit in with normal society, which can contribute to a sense...
Life is here and now and it won’t wait for me. I have to run behind that train and either get on board or take my own path. I think I’ll begin with a little, slow stroll here, reminding myself and hopefully someone else that life is what we make it. If I am not satisfied ...
Whether someone is a true prophet or a false one can only be told from the measure of agreement between their assessment of a situation and the observable result of it. If there is agreement, the person might be a prophet but might also simply have guessed right. If there is a ...
By extension of the term to comprise the extant extra-canonical literature of the sub-Apostolic age, it is made to include the "Shepherd" of Hermas, the New Testament prophet, who was believed to be the one referred to by St. Paul (Rom. xvi, 14), but whom a safer tradition makes a...
My message to women: Do what makes you feel good, because there'll always be someone who thinks you should do it differently. Whether your choices are hits or misses, at least they're your own. — Michelle Obama 218 There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to ha...
“needing” eye makeup on most days, only wearing it to punch things up a bit. Normally I wear eyeliner and mascara every day, largely because it makes me look more like I look in my mind’s eye. But it’s not like my mind’s eye sees myselfwearing eyeliner; it sees me with ...
It’s about what it means to me to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I believe what the prophet is asking us to do is important and meaningful. I ultimately decided that when I knew how to respond to his request, it would probably come to me in...
Doug Stephens, aka the Retail Prophet, describes the third shelf as a place that is not the store nor the customer's home, but a wonderfully appropriate location for consumers to shop. It might be an online store, a digital app or even the packaging of the product itself. More and more...
It just makes them a “whitewashed tomb.” There has been no heart change. And this is what God is after. A heart in love with Him and an embrace of “grace only” living because of all Jesus did for us. Better behavior can be a sham, and there is no person who would be most...