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Waking Up Zion — The Book

Waking Up Zion --- The Book

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 into truth. Out of a system and into a personal walk with His Son. If you love the C...

🌱 WHY ZION ALWAYS RETURNS

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  🌱 WHY ZION ALWAYS RETURNS And Why It Never Begins Where People Expect After seeing how peace is built — and why it eventually collapses — one question remains: Why does Zion keep coming back at all? If it fades… If it fractures… If people forget… Why doesn’t it disappear completely? The records are remarkably consistent on this point. Zion returns because it is   not sustained by structures . It is sustained by   memory . 🌾 ZION DOES NOT SURVIVE AS A SYSTEM This is where many people misunderstand it. Zion is not preserved through: institutions empires laws enforcement When those harden, Zion leaves. Instead, it survives in: families small communities quiet traditions lived example It moves the same way seeds move. Not loudly. Not publicly. Not all at once. πŸ•Š️ THE ROLE OF THE REMNANT Every time Zion collapses, something small remains. Not the strongest. Not the loudest. Not the most powerful. But those who: remember the way refuse to exploit still lift the poor still ...

Video 51 --- 🌿 Eve Was Not Cast Out — She Opened the Way

  🌿 Eve Was Not Cast Out — She Opened the Way (And Adam Walked With Her) For most of my life, I was taught a story that never quite sat right in my soul. It was the story of Eve — the woman who “fell,” the woman who “failed,” the woman who “brought death into the world.” And every time I heard it, something inside me whispered: That’s not what happened. Not because I was trying to defend women. Not because I was rebelling against tradition. But because the Spirit would not confirm the accusation. So let’s slow this down. Let’s read the story without inherited shame. Let’s listen for what is actually there. 🌿 Was Eve Punished? Here’s a question that changed everything for me: Where is the punishment? Not metaphorical punishment. Not symbolic punishment. Not “well, someone later said it must have been punishment.” I mean actual reproach. Where is the anger? Where is the condemnation? Where is the divine rejection? It isn’t there. What   is   there sounds more like this: “...

πŸ•―️ WHY ZION ALWAYS FALLS

  πŸ•―️ WHY ZION ALWAYS FALLS And Why That Doesn’t Mean It Was a Mistake Anytime we talk about peace that lasted — someone eventually asks the same question: “If it worked so well… why didn’t it last?” It’s a fair question. And the ancient records answer it plainly — without romance, without excuses, and without blame. Zion never falls because it was impossible. Zion falls because people   change . 🌾 PEACE DOES NOT FAIL SUDDENLY One of the most important things to understand is this: Zion never collapses overnight. There is no single moment. No dramatic betrayal. No sudden curse. Collapse is always   slow . So slow that most people don’t notice it happening. πŸ” THE FIRST CRACK: FORGETTING THE POOR Every record agrees on this point. The beginning of the end always looks like this: The poor still exist But they are now   explained , not helped Delays replace compassion Policies replace people No one says,   “Let the poor suffer.” They say: “We’ll get to it later.” ...

🌱 HOW PEACE IS BUILT

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🌱 HOW PEACE IS BUILT What Zion Always Requires in Daily Life In the last reflection, we saw something important. Peace is not rare. It’s not mythical. And it isn’t fragile because it’s impossible. Peace disappears because people forget   how it is maintained . The ancient records that describe lasting peace do something modern discussions usually avoid: they focus on   daily practice , not ideals. They show what people actually did. 🌾 PEACE DOES NOT BEGIN WITH GOVERNMENTS This is the first mistake we tend to make. Peace never starts at the top. In every lasting example — whether ancient or historical — peace begins: in households in small communities in how people treat one another when no one is watching Large systems only reflect what people are already living. Zion does not appear because laws change. Laws change because   people already have . 🏑 STEWARDSHIP, NOT OWNERSHIP One of the clearest teachings preserved in the Nemenhah records is this: Land is not a possess...

Video 50 🌿 Walking With Jesus — When You Don’t Have It All Figured Out

  🌿 Walking With Jesus — When You Don’t Have It All Figured Out (Companion Blog Post  -  See Video March 15th 2026 ) Companion Video: This post goes with the video where I talk quietly about walking with Jesus—not having answers, not fixing anything—just staying with Him. There’s a strange relief that comes when you finally stop trying to explain your walk with Jesus. Not because you’ve lost faith. Not because you’ve lowered your standards. But because you’ve realized something honest: This was never meant to be tidy. For a long time, I thought faith meant clarity. Answers. Certainty. Clean explanations I could hand to someone else. But the longer I walk with Jesus, the more I see that He doesn’t rush any of that. He walks. And He invites us to walk with Him. 🌿 Faith Was Never About Control Somewhere along the way, we were taught—sometimes gently, sometimes loudly—that faith means knowing. Knowing what God is doing. Knowing what comes next. Knowing how to explain yourse...

🌿 The Kingdom of God Will Fill the Earth — But Is That the Same as “The Church”?

  🌿  The Kingdom of God Will Fill the Earth — But Is That the Same as “The Church”? This is one of those questions most of us never think to ask. We hear it early, and it settles in quietly: “This Church will fill the whole earth.” It sounds reassuring. It sounds permanent. But the more I studied Joseph Smith, the scriptures, and history, the more I realized something important: Joseph did not speak of the Kingdom of God the way we talk about the Church today. And that difference matters. πŸ•Š️ Joseph Spoke of a Kingdom — Not a Corporation When Joseph referred to prophecy, he often turned to Daniel. Book of Daniel   2:44 “The God of heaven shall set up a kingdom… which shall never be destroyed.” Notice what’s missing: no headquarters no boards no succession charts And earlier: Book of Daniel   2:34 “A stone cut   without hands …” Joseph understood that the Kingdom: comes from God moves by revelation grows by awakened hearts The Church was meant to   serve ...

Video 49 🌿 The Way We’ve Been Walking

🌿 The Way We’ve Been Walking Eight Things That Finally Settled (A capstone reflection for the entire journey) There’s something I need to name now—after walking together for a while. Not because I suddenly figured everything out. Not because I reached some higher place. And definitely not because I have answers for anyone else. But because something   settled   in me. Not loudly. Not dramatically. With   sacred clarity . Looking back over this journey, I can now see what it’s really been about. Not as a list of videos. Not as teachings. But as preparation. Here are   eight things that finally became clear to me —and in many ways, explain everything we’ve been doing together. 🌿 1. God was never the problem For a long time, I wondered why answers didn’t come faster. Why prayer sometimes felt quiet. Why heaven seemed distant. What finally settled was this:   God was never distant . The delay wasn’t punishment. It wasn’t disinterest. It wasn’t failure. It was prep...