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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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September 30, 2026

Mount Shelem and the Temple

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September 29, 2026

Nephi and David

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September 28, 2026

The Sword of Laban

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September 27, 2026

I Prepare You

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September 26, 2026

An Eternal Journey

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September 25, 2026

Patience, Gentleness, and Perfect Love

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September 24, 2026

Never Mind, All Is Well

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September 23, 2026

They Are Choice Unto Me

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September 22, 2026

Doleful Creatures

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September 21, 2026

Bear All These Things With Patience

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September 20, 2026

Remember the Signs

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September 19, 2026

There is a Lad Here

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September 18, 2026

Walk in His Paths

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September 17, 2026

Just and Holy Principles

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September 16, 2026

Ecclesiastes and Nephi

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September 15, 2026

Go to the Ant

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September 14, 2026

Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters

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September 13, 2026

Fixed With a Determination to Conquer

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September 12, 2026

I Will Strengthen Thee

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September 11, 2026

Remember, Remember

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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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Abraham16
Agency31
Allegory of the Olive Tree3
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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
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy