Coming Soon – Podcasts!
“And they eat/ But a very little meat/ They are seeking to be great and good and wise.”
- In Our Lovely Deseret, Hymn #307, Eliza R. Snow
I’ve been experimenting with podcasts, and I’m determined to start the Green Mormon podcast series! However, podcasting is an art which is learned only through making painful mistakes, and [...]
The Loss of Connection
There is a phrase of scripture many Christians know – The field is white, all ready to harvest. However, I’ve lived in the city during my entire childhood, and so the meaning of that image eluded me until one day, my bishop asked us youth why the scriptures always describe the field as white. Why [...]
The Parable of the Two Cars
While I was on my mission, I had the distinct pleasure of teaching younger children whose parents felt they should be taught the missionary lessons before their baptism at age eight (a great idea, if you ask me). One of the lessons, of course, discussed the LDS doctrine of the Word of Wisdom, a type [...]
Grassroots Self-discipline
Like most Mormons, I tuned into General Conference a couple weeks ago. One of the talks that have stuck in my mind is Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s talk “Moral Discipline”, mostly because I found myself raising an eyebrow at some of the things he said. Contrary to popular religious belief, this didn’t make me a [...]
Stewardship of the Earth
“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”
- Genesis 2:15
Does man have a stewardship and accountability concerning the earth? It’s curious to note that some of God’s very first commandments deal with Adam’s relationship with his environment – he places Adam [...]
Do the End Times Contribute to Ecological Apathy?
“On the last night of a play, the whole cast and stage crew stay in the theater until the small or not-so-small hours of the morning striking the old set. if there is to be a new opening soon, as the economy of the theater requires, it is important that the new set should be [...]
The Nephites spoke for the trees
And now no part of the land was desolate, save it were for timber; but because of the greatness of the destruction of the people who had before inhabited the land it was called desolate.
And there being but little timber upon the face of the land, nevertheless the people who went forth became exceedingly [...]
We must plant them at once
President Spencer W. Kimball is famous for his suggestion for every LDS family to try and plant a garden. In one of his follow-ups on the gardening efforts of the Church, he relayed this story:
When an administrator in Africa rode out to inspect land that had been devastated in a storm, he came to a [...]
Introductions
Hello, world!
This newly minted blog – The Green Mormon – is an exploration on the connections between religion and environmentalism. If you haven’t guessed yet, I am what people call colloquially a Mormon; in other words, I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A lot of environmentalists look at some of [...]
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