My Religion

I've thought for a long time about how I can describe my religion. The earliest versions where characterized by what it isn't. I'm not really a Mormon. I'm not really a Christian. I'm not really agnostic. I'm not really gnostic. As I've learned more, I've come to realize something a bit deeper: naming things is …

Jonah

For the past several of months, I have had an incessant drumbeat in my head, urging me to "find others like you". It is a plea to bring others together, to draw them in, to gather them; it is all the same message. And to my chagrin, I have been ignoring it. I've been ignoring …

Experiments

On the popular TV show MythBusters, one of the hosts once said: "Remember kids, the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSUMBBFjxrY) I've been thinking a lot recently about keeping records, and this quote jumped to mind at one point. It got me thinking: If I'm not writing down what …

The Purpose of Life

Over the past few months, I have come to a deeper understanding of just what life is all about. I confess that the Plan of Salvation has never adequately explained the "why" of life to me. It only really explains the "what". It explains what happened, what is happening, and what might happen. But it …