dump.

I'm sitting here at UVU, nothing to do, and I figure that if I want to stay true to my weekly blog update, I have to take this opportunity. Let's throw some ideas at the wall and see what sticks.

spiral.

Today, I'm going to combine 3 things that struggle against each other all the time: anime, philosophy and religion.

Don't worry. I mostly know what I'm doing.

There is a show, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (which I do not suggest to anyone under the age of 16. The show might have some cool insight, but it's still the Japanese being silly Japanese), that was written with a certain philosophical idea in mind. Once I knew what this idea was, I decided to research the idea even further, and I have come out of it with not only existential knowledge, but religious insight as well. I wish to write today about Spiral Dynamics.

kindled.

Two years is a long time to live a dedicated life to the Lord in the extreme that I did. It was definitely a learning and growing experience to gain the Holy Ghost's guidance and influence at the level and consistency I needed to fulfill my role as a missionary. I won't say that I had the Spirit with me at all times and that it led me to every door and person I approached. In fact, I doubt most missionaries ever achieve that kind of dependence at all times. We're human. It's difficult. I did appreciate, though, the confirming Spirit that what I was doing as I served was right. I know that He was always there to help me along. Always.