Secularism and Spirituality
Posted by Connor on June 19th, 2006Having just graduated from BYU, I have fresh in my mind the experience of mixing secular studies with a spiritual setting.
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Having just graduated from BYU, I have fresh in my mind the experience of mixing secular studies with a spiritual setting.
But they found joy in their journey. As I walked back across the bridge, I wondered why.
“Anti” literature seems to be ever more abundant these days, by dissenters and self-proclaimed intellectuals, supposedly “shedding some light” on the Church, its doctrine, and history.
I’ve been going to a singles ward for a total of four years now. I think I have come to take for granted the reverence and peace during the meetings.
Celebrityism really irks me. Turn on the TV, and you’re bombarded with celebrities in commercials, on EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight, Leno/Letterman, or reality TV (barf).
Frankly, I don’t care much for Harry Reid. What I did find interesting, however, was a recent blog post by somebody who is not a member of the LDS church, calling for Reid’s excommunication.
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So next week I’m flying out to San Francisco for a usability conference. I’m really excited, both to go to the conference, and be able to take some pictures at the various tourist spots in S.F.
The conference [...]
Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Partisan politics. It is the absolute antithesis to how government should work.
Whether you are designing for print or the web, there is one element that is perhaps the most important of all: whitespace.
Needless to say, I’m proud of my mac. So much so, that it almost becomes a philisophical ideal.
If you live in Utah, chances are you’ve heard of the recent spanish website put out by Utah.gov.
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