A rope swing taught me more than I expected about Lehi’s dream. There is a difference between grabbing hold and holding fast. One keeps you moving. The other gets you home. The distinction is more important than we realize in our daily discipleship.
Tag: Lehi’s Dream
Strait vs. Straight: The Path in Lehi’s Dream
A great spot to hike when I visit my home state is Camelback Mountain near Scottsdale, Arizona. The path up Camelback is rigorous. It winds and turns. It is steep. The terrain can be unforgiving. There are parts of the trail where hikers benefit from a simple, but more than welcome metal handrail affixed at…
The End of the Rod of Iron
In 1 Nephi 8, Lehi sees four different groups of people in his vision of the tree of life — and in those groups we find a powerful metaphor for our own spiritual journey. Who Are the Four Groups? Notice that only groups 2 and 4 ever make it to the tree — and both…
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