BOM Alma 29

BOM Alma 29 June 15, 2016

 

A street in Gamla Stan
I’m writing from quite near to Stockholm’s Gamla Stan or “Old Town” (German “Altstadt”), the historic heart of the city.  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Today’s reading, Alma 29, begins with a very famous passage (29:1-2).  It’s one, in fact, that I can scarcely read without slipping into the rhythm of a famous Mormon song.

 

For a long time, candidly, I really didn’t like that song.  But it’s grown on me, and its message is, if anything, more powerful and urgent to me now than it ever has been.

 

Almost exactly three years ago, I wrote a column for the Deseret News in which I briefly touched upon one (to me, intriguing) feature of Alma 29:1-2:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581907/The-Book-of-Mormon-was-very-carefully-written.html?pg=all

 

Posted from Stockholm, Sweden

 

 


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