I was at a worship service recently as a senior couple reported back after serving a full-time mission to some of the poorest among us. As they shared their experiences, they spoke of someone who was an example to them and described him as having “mercy in both pockets.” I really love this imagery. I…
Tag: Zion
“You Will Be Found”
(PART 2 OF 2 REGRADING HELAMAN CHAPTER 3:33-35. For Part 1, click here.) If you have ever felt marginalized, it is lonely and demoralizing. If you have ever felt marginalized by someone or a group that was supposed to be safe, it is devastating and destructive. While I felt marginalized at one point in my…
“A Great Evil”
(Part 1 of 2 regrading Helaman Chapter 3:33-35. FOR PART 2, CLICK HERE.) I read a passage this week that really makes me angry. Before I go into any detail and you decide to read no further, I will summarize it this way: we must create places of refuge for the marginalized. It is what…
Do You Consider Yourself a Builder of Zion?
In the Book of Moses, the people were called Zion “because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them” (Moses 7:18). The Lord also defined Zion as “the pure in heart” (D&C 97:21). Do you consider yourself a builder of Zion? It starts within…
A Road Map for Zion
Here is a blessing for those who seek to build Zion in the latter days: “And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up…