I have been spending much of my free time trying to learn more about my Latter-day Saint faith and about Catholicism – reading, listening to podcasts, watching videos, seeking to understand. It's been like drinking from a firehose and I need to pace myself. In reality, this is exactly what I had hoped would happen –...

I have been spending much of my free time trying to learn more about my Latter-day Saint faith and about Catholicism – reading, listening to podcasts, watching videos, seeking to understand. It's been like drinking from a firehose and I need to pace myself. In reality, this is exactly what I had hoped would happen –...

It's been a long day. I'm still actively attending and serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints even while I wrestle with doubts and questions. I need to stay anchored to something while I figure things out. But as a member of my ward's bishopric, that means my Sundays are usually quite busy. A...

Since starting down this path of exploring my LDS faith as well as learning more about the Catholic faith, one of my guiding mission statements has been: “I want to know God's will for me and have the faith and courage to do it.” But this morning I had the thought that maybe I need to add an additional mission...

I've been diving deep into historical and theological study but neglecting my spiritual life. I've been reading from the scriptures every day, but spiritual practices like prayer and meditation have kind of taken a back seat. I'm going to try to change that. Prayer has been hard for me. It's been hard to feel like...

I went to the temple today. I'm trying to go at least once a week during lent. In the LDS faith, the temple is a separate experience from Sunday meetings at your local church building. It was peaceful and reverent, but I didn't get any answers or have any profound experiences. It was familiar. But it was...

When I wasn't working from my home office or shoveling snow (we had our biggest snow storm of the season today – it's been a mild, dry winter and the snow was desperately needed) I was trying to think about the importance and solemnity of the day and reflect on Jesus Christ more than usual. I fasted in the Catholic...

I observed Lent for the first time last year. I am not Catholic, but it was an overwhelmingly positive experience for me and I have been looking forward to doing it again this year. I'm writing this on Tuesday evening. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and I wanted to create a written plan for Lent so that I can refer back...

People are freaking out over Ring cameras being used by ICE. But privacy advocates have been warning that this exact scenario was possible – even inevitable – ever since Ring cameras were first released. And now there are rumors of Apple working on an AirTag-sized AI pin you can wear that has multiple cameras and a...

The past few days have been a bit of a blur. When I wasn't working I was gaming or watching Twitch, TV, or movies. Oh, and I streamed for a few hours on my Twitch DJ channel for the first time this year. I'm avoiding. Coping. Some things I am avoiding: exercising regularly eating healthy fixing some things around...

Back in mid-November I decided to try using a Linux laptop as my daily driver for at least the rest of the year. Things were going pretty well until the laptop stopped booting into Pop!_OS. It actually stopped recognizing the SSD altogether. So I thought maybe the SSD went bad and I bought a replacement. It wouldn't...

I went to a couple thrift stores last week looking for any book by Terryl Givens or Tad R. Callister. I didn't find what I was looking for, but came home with a stack of books, anyway. Among them was a book called “Radical Integrity: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer” by Michael Van Dyke. It was relatively short (205...