{"id":67440,"date":"2018-11-15T22:45:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T05:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=67440"},"modified":"2018-11-15T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:01:08","slug":"paradise-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/11\/paradise-lost.html","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Paradise<\/a>
This sign, welcoming visitors to Paradise, California, seems painfully sad now.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As has been happening for the past several weeks, my biweekly \u201cDefending the Faith\u201d column appeared today in the print edition of the Deseret News<\/em> and, at the following link, in the online edition of LDS Living<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Excommunicated Apostle Who Continued to Share Powerful Witnesses of the Book of Mormon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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One of the Deseret News<\/em> editors recently explained the rationale for the change in my publishing arrangements to an inquiring reader, who has now passed the explanation on to me: \u00a0\u201cDan will continue to appear in our print edition. Where he appears online depends on the column and the subject. We\u2019re trying to use our various media channels to give him the most exposure that we\u2019re able to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Well, I hope it works.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Harmony with Nature\u201d (Wikimedia CC public domain image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cNinety-five percent of the members in our ward have lost their homes,\u201d said Bishop Robert Harrison of the Paradise 1st Ward, who, like his counterpart Troy Mattson, bishop of the Paradise 2nd Ward, lost his own home to the flames and who is staying with relatives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere\u2019s what Church members are doing after losing their homes to Camp Fire\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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See this earlier article:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018It Was the Most Helpless I Had Ever Felt\u2019: Latter-day Saint Couple Shares How Prayers, Promptings Helped Them Escape California Fire\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is awful. \u00a0In a sense, it\u2019s especially<\/em> awful because we\u2019re approaching the Christmas season. \u00a0Can you imagine this happening to you and your family? \u00a0At this time of the year? \u00a0Please consider making an exceptionally generous fast offering and contributing to LDS Charities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There are problems and challenges everywhere, and, wherever it can, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> is trying to help:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSending Love and Relief to Drought-Stricken Farmers and Their Families:\u00a0Australian volunteers get organised to make a difference\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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A four-minute video that\u2019s related, in a way:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSelf-flying drones in disaster zones: BYU engineers help design safer structures\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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On a much brighter note: \u00a0Last year\u2019s Christmas concert by the Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square and their guests \u00a0will be broadcast on PBS in December. \u00a0These programs have been extremely well received:<\/p>\n

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From Broadway World<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cSutton Foster And Hugh Bonneville To Join The Mormon Tabernacle Choir on PBS This Christmas!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Christmas is a reminder that, however bad things may be, there is hope.<\/p>\n

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