The True Remnant

  The Winter Stories Why Chief Joseph Is Still Remembered NEW         Song of Zion :        Seven Drums Chief Joseph Some stories are told because they are interesting. Others are told because a people cannot afford to forget them. Among many Native American tribes, winter was the season for telling the old stories. When the snow covered the mountains and the work of the year had ended, families gathered around the fire. Grandparents became the teachers. Children listened. Heroes lived again. These stories were never merely entertainment. They preserved a people's memory, identity, and values. Every generation learned what courage looked like, what kindness looked like, and what it meant to become a peacemaker. As I read the First Book of Ahyahpahlehksihluhm in the Nemenhah Records, I found myself thinking of those winter fires. The prophecy speaks of sickness sweeping through the land. Cities become empty. Gardens are overgrown. Famili...

  🌿 Follow the Voice Listen to the New Song of Zion:    Follow the Voice The Most Important Decision We Will Ever Make Hello, my friends. It's just me again... ...the old man on the porch. If I could leave my children and grandchildren with only one lesson... only one... I think it would simply be this: Learn to recognize His voice. Not my voice. Not your favorite preacher's voice. Not the loudest voice on the internet. Not even the traditions you've inherited. His voice. Because every other decision in life flows from that one. 🌿 We live in a world full of voices. Some are sincere. Some are wise. Some are fearful. Some are angry. Some promise safety. Some promise prosperity. Some promise certainty. If we listen long enough, they can all begin to sound convincing. But Jesus said something wonderfully simple: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." (John 10:27) Notice what He didn't say. He didn't say His sheep know every answer. He...

 What Zion Communities Actually Look Like 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant When people hear the word **Zion**, they often imagine a place. A city. A future gathering. But when the scriptures describe Zion, they rarely focus on buildings or geography. They focus on something much deeper. They focus on **the hearts of the people**. --- ## 📜 Zion Begins With the Heart The scriptures describe Zion in very simple terms. A people who are united. A people who care for one another. A people who walk humbly with God. Zion is not created by organization alone. It grows from the inside out. From hearts that have learned to follow Christ. --- ## ✨ A Glimpse of Zion in the Book of Mormon One of the most beautiful descriptions of Zion appears in **4 Nephi**. After the Savior appeared to the people in the Americas, something remarkable happened. For a time, the people lived in peace. There were no divisions among them. They shared what they had. They cared for one another. And the scriptures say: > ...

  🌅 The Knowledge Wheel Awakening to Light and Learning to Hear the Peacemaker 🪶 As we continued building the Sacred Wheels of the Nemenhah, something became increasingly clear: Everything begins with light. Not domination. Not control. Not blind obedience. Light. Understanding. Awakening. Learning to see clearly. That realization eventually became: The Knowledge Wheel. And honestly, this wheel may be one of the most important of all. Because without true knowledge: sacrifice can become manipulation, virtue can become legalism, consecration can become forced control, and religion itself can become Babylon wearing sacred clothing. The records repeatedly point people back toward something much deeper: living light. 🌿 One thing that stands out over and over in the Nemenhah teachings is that knowledge is not treated merely as information. It is relational. Experiential. Spiritual. The goal is not simply “knowing facts.” The goal is learning how to: hear correctly, see correctly, dis...

🌿 The Circle Returns Here the Song of Zion:    The Circle Returns Every Choice Comes Home Hello, my friends. It's just me again... ...the old man on the porch. I've been thinking about circles. Not the kind we draw with a compass. The kind we live every day. Long before I ever read the scriptures deeply, and long before I discovered the Nemenhah records, I noticed something about life. Nothing ever really ends. It comes back. Kindness comes back. Cruelty comes back. Mercy comes back. Bitterness comes back. Everything we send out into the world has a way of finding its way home again. The older I get, the more convinced I am that heaven built the universe that way. 🌱 The Savior taught the principle. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." (Matthew 7:2) What we give... returns. Not because God is trying to punish us. Not because He enjoys rewarding us. But because love—and truth—are woven into the very fabric of creation. The universe remembers...

  🌿 What Do the Nemenhah Records Really Teach? A Porch Conversation About Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Building Zion Every so often someone asks me a simple question. "What is it about the Nemenhah Records that has captured your attention for so many years?" It's a fair question. After all, there are discussions about history. Questions about geography. Stories about Hagoth. Accounts involving Moroni, Timothy, Samuel the Lamanite, and other familiar names. There are fascinating traditions. Interesting possibilities. And plenty of mysteries. But the older I get, the more I realize that none of those things are the real reason I keep returning to these records. The reason is much simpler. The Nemenhah Records keep pointing me back to Jesus Christ. And that is something worth talking about. 📖 More Than a History Book One of the easiest mistakes to make is assuming the Nemenhah Records are primarily about history. I don't believe they are. History is certainly part of th...

 Why Ancient Prophets Taught in Mirrors 🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant In the last few posts we’ve been noticing something interesting in the scriptures. Patterns. Mirrors. Structures that quietly guide the reader toward the most important truth. Ancient prophets used a teaching method that scholars today call **chiasmus**. That word simply means **a mirror pattern**. The ideas move toward a center point… and then they reverse. And the most important message is usually placed **right in the middle**. --- ## 📜 Why Prophets Used This Pattern Ancient teachers lived in a world where most people did not carry written books. Teachings were spoken. They were memorized. They were repeated from generation to generation. Patterns helped people remember. But they also helped people **understand**. A mirrored pattern naturally draws the listener’s attention to the center — the moment where the message becomes clear. --- ## ✨ The Example of Alma’s Conversion One of the clearest examples of this pat...