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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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🪶 Medicine Wheel 11 — Consecration: Ownership or Union?

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  🪶   Medicine Wheel 11 — Consecration: Ownership or Union? This is where things get tender. Because almost every religious system talks about consecration. And over time… it can start to mean different things to different people. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been walking us step by step. Learning to listen. Learning to trust. Learning to align. Learning what is ours to carry. This question comes naturally along that path. 🌿   What Many of Us Were Taught When many LDS members hear “consecration,” they often think of: Giving everything to the Church. Time. Money. Talents. Will. And in temple language, that idea is expressed clearly. It can sound structured. Organized. External. And that’s where your temple recommend story matters. 🌄   A Simple Question You asked something honest: “Do I need to change my will?” That wasn’t rebellious. It was sincere. If consecration means everything… what does “everything” actually mean? Is it symbolic? Is it l...
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🪶 Ceremony vs. Communion --- Medicine Wheel #10

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  🪶   Ceremony vs. Communion There’s something important we need to say gently. Ceremony is not the same as communion. And when those two get confused… things can start to feel heavy. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been walking us step by step. Learning to listen. Learning to trust. Learning to align. This question shows up naturally along that path. 🌿   The Temple Pattern If you grew up LDS, you know the pattern. Creation. Fall. Covenants. Consecration. Veil. Return to God. It’s structured. Layered. Symbolic. And honestly? It’s beautiful. The pattern itself reflects something ancient. But here’s the quiet question: Is the ceremony the source of the power? Or is it pointing to something deeper? 🕊️   What the Medicine Wheel Emphasizes The Wheel doesn’t begin with ceremony. It begins with: You were worthy before you arrived. Agency is sacred. Discernment matters. Knowledge must be gathered personally. Wisdom must soften you. Balance must steady y...
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🕊️ What Makes a Place Sacred?

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  🕊️ What Makes a Place Sacred? Maybe the holiest place is the heart that welcomes Him. There’s a question I’ve been thinking about lately. What makes a place sacred? Is it the building? The dedication prayer? The architecture? The steeple? The quiet reverence in the room? Maybe. But maybe not first. Because I’ve felt the Spirit in chapels. And in kitchens. In hospital rooms. On mountain trails. In old pickup trucks. At a bedside. Around a family table. And once in a simple conversation where two people were speaking honestly about Jesus. No stained glass. No altar. No ceremony. Just Presence. And it made me wonder… Maybe sacred space is less about where we stand— and more about what we bring. 🌿 1. Gather Jesus said: “Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” — Matthew 18:20 He didn’t say: Where two or three gather in a specially approved building. He said: Gather in my name. That means a living room can become holy. A marriage can become holy....
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🌿 Video 68 — When Everything Shakes, What Remains?

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  🌿 68 — When Everything Shakes, What Remains? 🪶 Why rooted hearts don’t panic when structures move There comes a point in every spiritual life when something shakes. Sometimes it’s doctrine. Sometimes it’s leadership. Sometimes it’s community. Sometimes it’s your own assumptions. What once felt solid suddenly feels movable. And when that happens, people respond in one of two ways. They either cling harder… or they collapse. But neither reaction is necessary if you are rooted in the right place. 🌾 What Was Your Faith Built On? If your faith was built on: certainty structure institution belonging agreement then shaking will feel like threat. But if your faith was built on: Christ surrender repentance nearness quiet trust then shaking becomes clarification. It reveals what was scaffolding and what was foundation. 🕊️ Jesus Never Promised Stability of Structure He promised Himself. He never said systems would not drift. He never said leaders would not falter. He never said history ...
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🪶 When You Hear Him Again --- Medicine Wheel #9 +

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🪶   Medicine Wheel 9 — When You Hear Him Again Everything we’ve walked through has been leading here. Not to a system. Not to a new doctrine. Not to a better structure. To a Person. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been moving step by step. You remembered who you are. You learned without fear. You softened into wisdom. You came into alignment. You learned what is yours to carry. You offered what you were given. And in that… something begins to happen. 🌿   The Real Goal Was Never the Test In the Pearl of Great Price, it says: “We will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them.” — Abraham 3:25 For years, I read that like this: We’re here to pass. We’re here to obey. We’re here to prove we’re good enough. But what if that isn’t what it means? What if “prove” doesn’t mean perform? What if it means refine? What if the proving is not about impressing God… but about restoring the ability to recognize Hi...
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🌿 Video 67 — Finding Jesus Is the Whole Point

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  🌿 67 — Finding Jesus Is the Whole Point 🪶 Why seeing errors is not the same as seeing Him There is something that can quietly happen after awakening. You begin to see things you didn’t see before. You notice inconsistencies. You notice drift. You notice history that doesn’t line up cleanly. You notice systems that feel heavier than they should. And at first, that clarity feels powerful. It feels like growth. It feels like progress. But there is a danger hiding inside that season. You can become very good at spotting error… and slowly forget to seek Jesus. 🌾 Seeing Problems Is Not the Same as Seeing Him It is easier to analyze institutions than to surrender your heart. It is easier to identify flaws than to kneel. It is easier to expose what’s broken than to fall into His arms. And if we are not careful, awakening turns into inspection. We become sharp observers. But not softer disciples. You can spend years uncovering inconsistencies. And still miss Him. 🕊️ The Most Valuable ...
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🪶 Consecration: A Question I Had to Ask --- Medicine Wheel 9

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  🪶  Consecration: A Question I Had to Ask There was a moment a few years ago that quietly changed how I think about consecration. I was sitting in a temple recommend interview. Good man across from me. Kind. Faithful. Trying to do his job well. He asked me the standard questions. I answered them. Then I asked one. I said: “President… do I need to change my will?” He looked at me a little puzzled. I said, “In the temple we covenant to consecrate everything — our time, talents, and everything with which the Lord has blessed us — to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Does that mean I should change my will and leave everything to the Church?” He paused. And he said something very honest. “I don’t know.” That moment wasn’t dramatic. It wasn’t confrontational. It wasn’t rebellious. It was clarifying. 🪶 A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been walking us through something step by step. Learning without fear. Softening into wisdom. Coming into alignment. Offering...
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