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Waking Up Zion — The Book

Waking Up Zion --- The Book

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🎧 Listen to the book here: 👉   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeDAd1BRD_w INTRODUCTION Not a Faith Crisis — A Truth Awakening This isn’t a book about walking away. It’s a book about walking deeper. Deeper into Jesus. Deeper into His voice, His light, and His truth. For years, I loved my faith. I still do. The Church gave me structure. It gave me good people. It taught me to honor prophets and scriptures. To seek the Holy Ghost. To follow Christ. But somewhere along the way, I started asking quiet questions— Not to tear down, but to understand more. Where is the power of the Book of Mormon? Where is the fire of the early Saints? Where is the Jesus who speaks face to face? This book isn’t here to fight the Church. It’s here to reach the hearts of those in it — Especially those who feel something is missing, but don’t yet have words for it. I believe God is still working. But I also believe He is calling many of His children out of comfort and into courage. Out of tradition and int...
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Video 60 --- 🏡 Zion Is Lived in Ordinary Life

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  🏡 Zion Is Lived in Ordinary Life 🪶   Why the way we live today matters more than where we gather tomorrow. 🌾 Zion Usually Gets Pushed Somewhere Else When people hear the word   Zion , something almost automatic happens. We push it: into the future into another place into a different stage of life into a level we’re “not ready for yet” We imagine Zion as something that will begin   later , once conditions are right. But scripture keeps correcting that instinct. Zion does not begin later. Zion begins where you are. 👣 Jesus Always Started Where People Lived When Jesus taught, He didn’t tell people to wait for a better setup. He taught them: in their homes in their fields in their work in their relationships in their daily choices He didn’t say,   “When the world changes, then follow me.” He said,   “Follow me — now.” Zion follows that same pattern. 🕊️ Ordinary Life Is Where the Heart Is Revealed It’s easy to imagine Zion in theory. It’s much harder to l...
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🌱 When Good Beginnings Drift — and Why I Keep My Eyes on Jesus

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  🌱 When Good Beginnings Drift — and Why I Keep My Eyes on Jesus 🙏 I’ve met some of the most sincere, Christ-loving people both inside and outside the LDS Church. Good people. Praying people. Sacrificing people. People who honestly want to follow Jesus. Because of that, I’ve slowly lost interest in attacking   people   — and grown more interested in understanding   patterns . Especially this one: 👉   How something that begins with Christ can quietly drift over time. 🔍 Seeing the Question Beneath the Noise 📺 Every so often, I come across an old “anti-Mormon” video or critique. Most are harsh. Some exaggerate. Some lump everything together without context. But once in a while, buried underneath the tone, there’s a   real question   worth asking: ❓   How did we get from a simple message about repentance and Christ… to complex systems, speculative teachings, and institutional control? That question isn’t an attack. It’s an invitation to reflect. ...
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🌿 Something Beautiful About the Savior’s Birth I Had Never Considered

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  🌿 Something Beautiful About the Savior’s Birth I Had Never Considered 🎺 September 11 — A Quiet Wonder About the Savior’s Birth 🪶   A gentle thought… not to replace anything, but to consider something beautiful. Today, many of us remember April 6 as the birth of Jesus Christ. That date carries meaning. It’s part of our tradition. It connects to the Restoration. And honestly… there is something good in that. But over this past year, as I’ve slowed down… as I’ve sat more quietly with the scriptures… and tried to feel rather than just accept… another possibility has opened up. Not as a replacement… but as something to   ponder. 🌌 A Different Possibility Some have suggested that Christ may have been born… not in the spring… …but in the fall. Specifically around   September 11, 3 BC   — the time of the   Feast of Trumpets . Now, I’m not saying this   has   to be true. But when you begin to look at the scriptures… and the patterns God uses… it star...
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🌿 Jesus — The Peacemaker

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  🌿 Jesus — The Peacemaker (Why This Name Matters More Than We Think) There’s something that settled in me quietly this morning. Not as a doctrine. Not as a new idea. But as a remembering. Jesus has many names. Messiah. Redeemer. Savior. Son of God. Lamb. King. All of those are true. But the name that rose up in my heart — the one that felt alive — was this: The Peacemaker. That name didn’t come with pressure. It didn’t come with hierarchy. It didn’t come with fear. It came with   peace and joy that reigns . And I realized something simple and important: 👉   That is why I follow Jesus. 👉   That is why I trust Him. 👉   That is why I am not afraid to walk toward Him. Because wherever He is,   peace follows . 🌿 Jesus Doesn’t Arrive With Accusation One of the quiet lies many of us were taught is this: “God comes to inspect you.” But that is not how Jesus shows up in scripture. When He meets the woman taken in adultery, He doesn’t interrogate her. He doesn’...
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Video 59 --- 🤲 Consecration: The Way Zion Actually Lives

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  🤲 Consecration: The Way Zion Actually Lives 🪶   Why Zion doesn’t begin with sharing land — but with sharing life. 🌾 Consecration Is Often Misunderstood When people hear the word   consecration , they often think of systems. Rules. Property. Economics. Organization. But scripture treats consecration very differently. Consecration is not a policy. It is a posture of the heart. Long before land is shared, lives are. 📖 Scripture Speaks Plainly In the Book of Mormon, Zion is described simply: they had all things common there were no poor among them they dealt justly one with another they sought not for riches, but for the welfare of souls Notice what’s missing. No hierarchy. No enforcement. No central authority compelling behavior. Zion didn’t work because it was enforced. It worked because   people no longer lived as owners   — but as stewards. 🌿 What the Nemenhah Emphasize The Nemenhah Records echo this same truth. They speak of societies where: surplus was ...
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Hugh Nibley Said It Like It Is — And the Book of Mormon Agrees -- The Nemenhah says it all!

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  Hugh Nibley Said It Like It Is — And the Book of Mormon Agrees - The Nemenhah says it all! “I watched the video and found something in Hugh Nibley’s words that really made me sit up. Whether you agree or not, these themes show up clearly in the Book of Mormon — and they challenge us all.” ( Video:   https://youtu.be/ehBxXyk-Ots ) Hugh Nibley Wasn’t a General Authority — But He Was Honest Some people think that if something isn’t   spoken by a General Authority , it lacks weight. But that’s not how truth works. Hugh Nibley wasn’t a General Authority. He never drew a paycheck from the Church beyond being a   BYU professor and scholar .   Yet when he looked at scripture, history, and the pattern of religious decline, he didn’t shy away from saying   hard things — even about modern religion. He pointed out that religion easily becomes: mere tradition and ritual a cultural identity instead of a divine connection an institution more committed to power and comfo...
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