{"id":66990,"date":"2018-11-03T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=66990"},"modified":"2018-11-03T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T22:17:47","slug":"light-is-scattered-among-all-of-gods-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/11\/light-is-scattered-among-all-of-gods-children.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Light Is Scattered among All of God\u2019s Children&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61319\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2018\/05\/paris-france-temple-exterior-evening-1905504-gallery2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-61319\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2018\/05\/paris-france-temple-exterior-evening-1905504-gallery2.jpg\" alt=\"the temple in Le Chesnay, France\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Paris France Temple by night (LDS Media Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget! \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/the-interpreter-radio-show\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Interpreter Radio Show<\/a> can be heard live via broadcast in the greater Salt Lake City area or, anywhere at all, by computer. \u00a0It originates between 7 PM and 9 PM on Sunday nights, Utah time:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/the-interpreter-radio-show\/<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I, alas, probably won\u2019t be able to hear it this week, as I\u2019m hosting the monthly meeting of our reading group on Sunday night at just that time. \u00a0We\u2019ll be discussing the new history of the Church, <em>Saints<\/em>. \u00a0This will be particularly fun since our group includes professional historians who have published extensively on the story of the Restoration. \u00a0Given the fact that my wife is in Virginia, though, and given that I\u2019m obliged to provide refreshments for my guests, I\u2019m especially grateful today for Costco.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t agree more than I do with this article on the Church\u2019s blog:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/blog\/light-is-scattered-among-all-of-gods-children\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cLight Is Scattered among All of God\u2019s Children\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Let us not think because we feel and know we have the truth that we have all the truth for there is truth yet to be revealed. Let not our knowledge that we have the truth stifle our search for more truth. Let us build into our characters the kind of faith that will accept the truth when it comes and by its coming perhaps modify some of our ideas about the truth. \u00a0(President Hugh B. Brown)<a style=\"color: #333399;\" name=\"enloc28\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cKnow ye not\u00a0that there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?\u2026 For I command all men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works, according to that which is written. For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they shall write it\u2026 and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it. \u00a0(2 Nephi 29:7, 11-12.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This interview with Wendy Watson Nelson, the wife of President Russell M. Nelson, is really quite remarkable:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/-It-Is-as-Though-He-Has-Been-Unleashed-Sister-Nelson-on-President-Nelson-s-Role-as-Prophet\/s\/89626\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201c\u2018It Is as Though He Has Been Unleashed\u2019: Sister Nelson on President Nelson\u2019s Role as Prophet\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I really like the story about the mayor of Le Chesnay, France, that was\u00a0told by\u00a0Bishop G\u00e9rald Causs\u00e9 in the April 2018 General Conference of the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/mormonism' target='_blank'>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>. \u00a0Someone reminded me of it earlier today:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/2018\/04\/it-is-all-about-people?lang=eng\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cIt Is All about People\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-author\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/-Christian-Science-Monitor-Features-Why-Muslim-Students-Feel-so-Welcome-at-BYU\/s\/89653\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201c\u2018Christian Science Monitor\u2019 Features Why Muslim Students Feel so Welcome at BYU\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/General-Primary-Counselor-Explains-Why-A-Worldwide-Church-Is-Involved-In-Utah-s-Prop-2-Debate-Reiterates-Church-s-Opposition\/s\/89655\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cGeneral Primary Counselor Explains Why A Worldwide Church Is Involved In Utah\u2019s Medical Marijuana Debate; Reiterates Church\u2019s Opposition to Prop 2\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourrescue.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Operation Underground Railroad<\/a>, a charity that my wife and I really like, was founded by Tim Ballard:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/How-Surrounding-Himself-with-Darkness-Has-Taught-Ex-CIA-Agent-Tim-Ballard-the-Power-of-Angels\/s\/89629\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cHow Surrounding Himself with Darkness Has Taught Ex-CIA Agent Tim Ballard the Power of Angels\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Don\u2019t forget! \u00a0The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard live via broadcast in the greater Salt Lake City area or, anywhere at all, by computer. \u00a0It originates between 7 PM and 9 PM on Sunday nights, Utah time: \u00a0 https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/the-interpreter-radio-show\/ \u00a0 I, alas, probably won\u2019t be able to hear it this week, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Light Is Scattered among All of God\u2019s Children&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Don&#039;t forget! \u00a0The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard live via broadcast in the greater Salt Lake City area or, anywhere at all, by\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/11\/light-is-scattered-among-all-of-gods-children.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Light Is Scattered among All of God\u2019s Children&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Don&#039;t forget! 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