King Noah’s New Clothes

Do the people you surround yourself with tell you what you want to hear or what you need to hear? Hans Christian Andersen’s short story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” has always amused me. It goes something like this: The vain Emperor cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes. He hires two swindlers who promise…

Don’t Let Emotion Cloud Your Judgement

Zeniff is described a few times in Mosiah as overzealous–eager to excess. His objective was to regain the Land of Lehi-Nephi. Probably not a bad pursuit. But he wanted it so much that it seems to have clouded his judgement; he covenants with King Laman that he would be allowed to possess the land. But,…