Believe All Things

Is Healthcare a Right?

Greg — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:01:00 +0000

As President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats pull together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and push for House votes as early as this coming week, it’s important to consider health care as a right. Last year, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) wrote persuasively that health care is a right versus a privilege, [...]

Places of Safety and the Holy Ghost

Greg — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:00 +0000

In January 2005, shortly after the Indian Ocean earthquake, Henry B. Eyring taught the Lord has prepared places of safety to guide people to if they develop the capacity to receive revelation through the ministrations of the Holy Ghost. Here is an excerpt of his talk: The Lord told us in the time of the [...]

World Vision in Haiti and Chile

Greg — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Earlier this week, an op-ed caught my attention about the mission of World Vision. According to their web site, World Vision is a “Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.” A day after the Chilean quake, [...]

Why Jaredites Fell

Greg — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:58:00 +0000

In the Book of Mormon, the Jaredites were a group of people named after their leader Jared. Their history is almost exclusively found in the book of Ether. According to this record, they were led from the “great tower” – presumably the tower of Babel, mentioned in Genesis 11:1-9 – to a “land of promise”, somewhere [...]

Tea Parties

Greg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:17:00 +0000

Recently, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin spoke to the “tea-party movement’s rank and file” in Arkansas. According to CBS, Asked what her advice would be to conservatives as the November elections approach, Palin first lavished praise on the Tea Party movement, calling it “a grand movement” and adding, “I love it because it’s all about [...]