Larry's Updates

Larry is 63% done with Lethal Prey

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:14:01 -0700

Larry is 63% done with Lethal Prey.

Larry is 49% done with Lethal Prey

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:21:47 -0700

Larry is 49% done with Lethal Prey.

Larry started reading 'Lethal Prey'

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:34:46 -0700

Larry started reading Lethal Prey by John Sandford

Larry added 'The Divine Gift of Forgiveness'

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:20:48 -0700

Larry gave 4 stars to The Divine Gift of Forgiveness (Paperback) by Neil L. Andersen
bookshelves: gospel-study
“Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man. There is hope for him. And no matter how good he has been all his life, if he is not repenting, he is a wicked man. The difference is which way you are facing.��

“The man on the top of the stairs facing down is much worse off than the man on the bottom step who is facing up. The direction we are facing, that is repentance.��

�� Hugh W. Nibley

I approached this book unaware of my arrogance. I depart this book better aware of it, wary of it, and God help me less subject to it.

The truths expressed in this book, as the citations above suggest, are applicable to each and all, in a moment and in all moments.

Larry added 'The Unnamed'

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:20:50 -0700

Larry gave 5 stars to The Unnamed (Audible Audio) by Joshua Ferris
bookshelves: recreational-reading
Thoughts:
Sad throughout
Not easily forgotten (I predict)
Visceral
Tragic

Philosophical
Rescued by the philosophical

Do I recommend it?
If intrigued by symbolism and the search for meaning.
Not if looking for light entertainment.

Larry added 'Revelation: Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants'

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:51:18 -0700

Larry has read Revelation: Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants (Kindle Edition) by Janiece Johnson
bookshelves: gospel-study, theology
When compared to the Book of Mormon “Brief Theological Introduction�� series, this series is ��

�� Less theologically weighty.
�� More approachable.
�� As Christ-centered.
�� Similarly creative, non-traditional, alternative though perhaps less exploratory / edgy.
�� Similarly passionate for truth; and the sources by which it may be revealed.
�� Similarly question driven. More than unafraid of questions; the authors are drawn to them.
�� As series (both) I value the variety of authors hence variety in process, thought, and articulation.

Referring specifically to this volume:

Apt descriptors include:
Enlightening. Refreshing. Real. Thorough (while acknowledging limitations of time and space). Validating. Uplifting. Inspiring.

Summary concept:
“Revelatory Abundance.��

Highly recommended.

Larry added 'The Unnamed'

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:29:35 -0700

Larry started reading 'Proclaim Peace: The Restoration's Answer to an Age of Conflict'

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:05:53 -0700

Larry started reading Proclaim Peace: The Restoration's Answer to an Age of Conflict by Patrick Q. Mason

Larry finished reading 'Revelation: Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants'

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:40:41 -0700

Larry finished reading Revelation: Themes in the Doctrine and Covenants by Janiece Johnson

Larry added 'Joseph Smith’s Uncanonized Revelations'

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:51:54 -0700

Larry gave 5 stars to Joseph Smith’s Uncanonized Revelations (Kindle Edition) by Stephen O. Smoot
As Advertised: The Revelations & Dispassionate Context

The presentation of information, dispassionate while acknowledging a sometimes polemical milieu, appeals to this reader’s search for understanding and meaning. ‘Tis an inviting approach, one which respects individual sentience and agency.