Author Archives: Brigham Rupp

A fitting Saturday night thought: ““We do not go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It is an individual responsibility, and regardless of what is said from the pulpit, if one wishes to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth, he mayContinue reading “We Go to Worship”

Today I was reminded of the prevalence of contrast in the scriptures. I’m convinced that one of the key ways the scriptures teach is by contrasting one thing against another. Christ/Satan, Light/Dark, Good/Evil, David/Goliath, Nephi/Laman, Freedom/Bondage, Sin/Obedience, Zion/Babylon… it’s everywhere. This is one of many worthwhile lenses through which to explore the scriptures. I hope returnContinue reading “The Power of Contrast”

We had an excellent stake conference this past weekend. Elder K. Mark Frost, an Area Seventy, was our visiting authority. During one of our meetings he spent some time reviewing the parable of the sower found in Matthew 13 or Mark 4. You’ll remember that the parable outlines various soils and their fitness for growingContinue reading “The Parable of the Sower”

This is a reminder that we should always keep the commandments, even when it doesn’t seem like it matters.  Earlier this week I was on a bike ride at dusk. I was in the middle of the hardest portion of the trail; climbing, sweating, breathing hard, struggling up a steep hill surrounded by hot air and cactus. To my left was aContinue reading “Pick It Up”

Periodically I feel something that I assume most of us feel: discontent. Sparing the details, after particularly failure-laden days in the seminary classroom, i return home jaded by what seems to be (from the vantage point of my bad attitude) the endless repeating minutia of my life. I begin longing for variety and adventure (asContinue reading “Discontent”