Back to musings

-
It's been a busy past month, and my written musings on this site have taken back burner priority.

Currently, there are 32 posts in draft format, waiting for me to finish them.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Stretched-forth Necks

-
Image
Recently I was reading in 2 Nephi chapter 13, one of the Isaiah chapters. I won't discuss all the verses, but one in particular stood out, verse 16: "Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet." It is my understanding that when the scriptures refer to a specific people "of Zion," in this case "daughters of Zion," it is more in reference to members of the Church. It can certainly apply to people in a broader sense as well. But in a general sense, Zion is in reference to the land of America (more particularly North America) and Jerusalem refers to the land of Israel. So, "daughters of Zion" could refer to both members of the Church and those who live in America. Before I get into an impression/thought I had regarding verse 16, we need to define a few words. Too often we think we know what a...
Read more

Darkness Covereth the Earth -- A Different Look

-
Image
This was an interesting read, "The source of up to half of the Earth’s internal heat is completely unknown – here’s how to hunt for it" https://phys.org/news/2017-08-source-earth-internal-unknownhere.html http://theconversation.com/the-source-of-up-to-half-of-the-earths-internal-heat-is-completely-unknown-heres-how-to-hunt-for-it-81524 In the article was this heat map of the earth: (the map was credited to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_internal_heat_budget#/media/File:Earth_heat_flow.jpg) When I saw the image, I thought it reminded me of arteries. Which got my mind thinking along other lines. Here's another heat flow map of the earth (major faults/plate boundaries are in this image). (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R_Cardoso2/publication/291830385/figure/fig12/AS:321932252729355@1453766038975/Figure-12-Global-heat-flow-map-derived-from-mixed-data-sets-For-oceanic-regions-with.png) And, this heat flow map: from http://eqseis.geo...
Read more

Reminder for Preparedness: Get Food Storage

-
I started this post back during September, which was National Preparedness Month. We have been getting frequent reminders of natural disasters through reports on hurricanes, fires, flooding, and other disasters. These should equate to reminders to get our own preparations in order. Besides the big news stories, there are other problems boiling around the world. Drought conditions, fires, flooding, and pests are destroying crops in many locations. Most of us take food for granted. We take grocery shopping for granted: we head to a store, pick up food, and take it home. Too many families do not even have a week's worth of food in their home. Somewhere I recall that most have only a few days worth of food on hand, especially when you consider most families eat out a lot. Unfortunately, too many people believe the government, the Church, or even neighbors (who supposedly have food storage) will come in to save the day where food and supplies are needed in emergency situations. ...
Read more