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After the Manner of Chemish

Daily thoughts about the scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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January 21, 2026

I Will Redeem You

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January 20, 2026

God, the Eternal Father

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January 19, 2026

The Sons of Israel

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January 18, 2026

I Created the Heavens and the Earth

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January 17, 2026

I Could Not Be Shaken

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January 16, 2026

Suffered Afflictions and Much Sorrow

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January 15, 2026

The Words of Jacob

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January 14, 2026

Train Up A Child

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January 13, 2026

The Spokesman of Thy Loins

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January 12, 2026

The Example of Esau

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January 11, 2026

How the Bible Was Meant to Begin

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January 10, 2026

The Master Teachers

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January 09, 2026

There I Buried Leah

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January 08, 2026

Surely the Lord is in This Place

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January 07, 2026

A Grief of Mind

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January 06, 2026

I Stand Here By the Well of Water

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January 05, 2026

Grievous in Abraham's Sight

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January 04, 2026

Power to Do All Things

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January 03, 2026

Strengthen Your Brethren

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January 02, 2026

The Flood Came

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Why This Blog

The little-known Nephite writer Chemish left us one verse in the Book of Mormon (Omni 1:9) with no profound testimony given or great doctrine expounded. But in his short paragraph the verb "write" appears five times in one of its forms, and he witnessed simply of his brother's words and the Nephite need to write: "After this manner we keep the records, for it is according to the commandments of our fathers." So after the manner of Chemish I venture to keep my own record here of my journey through the scriptures. My hope is that it will encourage any who pass this way to spend more of their own time with the word of God.

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The Best Books

The Lord encouraged us twice in modern revelation to “seek… out of the best books words of wisdom” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118, 109:7). The very best books are the holy scriptures, and this blog is focused on those. I also occasionally reference other books that inspire me to be better and point my thoughts and feelings heavenward. Below is a list of some of these. Search this blog on the book name to see the most meaningful passages for me.

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
L'Aventure ambiguë by Cheikh Hamidou Kane
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë