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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 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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🌿 Video 66 — Quiet Faith Is Stronger Than Public Certainty

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  🌿 66 — Quiet Faith Is Stronger Than Public Certainty 🪶 Why mature discipleship grows quieter, not louder There is a stage in spiritual life where everything feels urgent. When you first wake up… you want to say something. You want to clarify. You want to defend what you’re seeing. You want to correct what feels off. That season is understandable. But it is not where faith matures. 🌾 Loud Faith Feels Powerful Public certainty feels strong. Declaring positions feels bold. Posting, debating, correcting, exposing — it can feel like courage. And sometimes it is. But often it’s still fueled by adrenaline. Adrenaline is not the same thing as peace. Loud faith usually means something inside us is still unsettled. We are trying to stabilize ourselves by stabilizing everyone else. 🕊️ Jesus Was Rarely Loud Look carefully at Christ. He spoke plainly when needed. He corrected when necessary. But most of His strength was quiet. He did not chase arguments. He did not defend Himself endlessl...
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🪶 Union (At-One-Ment Lived, Not Theorized) --- Medicine Wheel #8

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  🪶 Medicine Wheel 8 — Union (At-One-Ment Lived, Not Theorized) We’ve talked about worth. Agency. Knowledge. Wisdom. Balance. Stewardship. Consecration. All of it has been leading somewhere. 🪶 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. Now everything comes together. Not to performance. Not to proving. To union. 🌿 What Union Is Not Union is not: Emotional hype Spiritual adrenaline A one-time mystical experience A reward for obedience And it is definitely not institutional approval. Union is alignment. Not forced… but chosen. 🌄 At-One-Ment — The Word We Missed We’ve heard the word   Atonement   our whole lives. But if you slow it down… At-One-Ment. Becoming one. Not becoming perfect. Becoming aligned. That is very different. In the LDS system, atonement is often taught as: “C...
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🪶 Consecration Without Control --- Medicine Wheel #7

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  🪶 Medicine Wheel 7 — Consecration Without Control This word has been used. Overused. Weaponized. 🪶 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. Now comes what naturally follows. But originally? Consecration was beautiful. 🌿 What Consecration Is   Not Consecration is not: Signing everything over to an institution Surrendering your agency Obeying leaders without understanding Proving loyalty That’s control. And control wears religious clothing very well. True consecration is different. 🌄 What Consecration Actually Means To consecrate means: To set apart. To dedicate. But here’s the key: You cannot dedicate what you do not own. And you do not own your worth. You do not own your spirit. You do not own the breath in your lungs. Those were given. Consecration, then, is not giving something to earn love. It is offerin...
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🪶 THE MEDICINE WHEEL — SIMPLE GUIDE

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 ðŸª¶ THE MEDICINE WHEEL — SIMPLE GUIDE A quiet, grounded walk back to listening. --- 🪶 INTRODUCTION This is not a new religion. It is not a replacement for anything sacred. It is a simple pattern — one that helps a person learn how to: • Listen • Trust • Align • Walk with Christ consciously Everything in this guide builds one thing: 👉 Capacity Not performance. Not pressure. Not perfection. Just capacity. --- 🌿 1. THE CENTER — YOU BEGIN ALREADY HELD You are already known. You are already loved. The journey does not start with proving. It starts with remembering. 👉 Not: “Am I worthy?” 👉 But: “Can I receive what already is?” --- 🕊️ 2. AGENCY — YOU CHOOSE CONSCIOUSLY You begin to move from borrowed belief to lived understanding. You ask: • Do I understand this? • Have I felt this confirmed? Agency becomes participation, not pressure. --- 🌄 3. KNOWLEDGE — YOU LEARN WITHOUT FEAR You study. You explore. You allow questions. Truth is not afraid of examination. 👉 Knowledge gathers. B...
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🌿 Video 65 — What It Means to Be a Talking Feather

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 ðŸŒ¿ 65 — What It Means to Be a Talking Feather 🪶 Why I’m Not Here to Lead You — Just to Walk Gently Beside You Over the years, people have asked me what I mean when I use the phrase “Talking Feather.” In many Native American councils, a feather or talking stick was passed from person to person. Whoever held it spoke. Everyone else listened. No interruptions. No domination. Speech was meant to be thoughtful and careful. I don’t use the phrase as a title. I use it as a reminder. A Talking Feather is not authority. It is posture. 🌾 A Feather Doesn’t Force A feather doesn’t push. It doesn’t argue. It doesn’t dominate. It doesn’t shout. It moves lightly. It carries something — but it carries it gently. That’s what I mean. If I have learned anything on this journey, it is this: Truth never needs to be forced. When it is forced, it stops being truth and becomes control. 🕊️ The Difference Between Teaching and Pressuring There is a kind of religious voice that presses. It insists. It sha...
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