One bleak midnight dark and dreary, as I sat there weak and weary, pondering over my library of dusty books; forgotten lore, I was nodding off, nearly napping, when I suddenly heard knocking – a gentle tapping at my bedroom’s… Read More »A modern rendition of The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
8:1 We started gathering all sorts of seeds, grains, and fruit seeds. 8:2 And while we were living in the wilderness, our father shared a divinely inspired dream, a vision. 8:3 And because of the things which I have seen,… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 8
7:1 After prophesying about our posterity, the Lord inspired my father that his sons should marry and raise families in the promised land. 7:2 God instructed my father that I, along with my brothers, must return to Jerusalem to bring… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 7
6:1 I won’t give a genealogy of my fathers in my record or on these plates because it is already written in the record kept by my father. 6:2 It is sufficient to say that we are descendants of Joseph.… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 6
5:1 When Lehi and Sariah saw us return, they rejoiced. Sariah had grieved since we left, fearing we had died in the wilderness. 5:2 She blamed Lehi for leading us from Jerusalem into danger, calling him a visionary man. 5:3… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 5
I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And “Thou shalt… Read More »Visions of the Garden: William Blake and The Garden of Love
4:1 I said to my brothers: Let us return to Jerusalem with faith in the Lord who is greater than all of the world and infinitely mightier than Laban and his followers. 4:2 Let’s go back and be strong like… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 4
The renowned American novelist Herman Melville is best known for literary classics like Moby Dick. Yet throughout his life, Melville privately wrestled with profound questions of faith, belief and doubt. As his friend and contemporary Nathaniel Hawthorne observed, Melville relentlessly… Read More »Of Herman Melville: “He can neither believe, nor be comfortable in his unbelief”
1st Nephi Chapter 3 3:1 After the Lord spoke to me, I went back to my father’s tent. 3:2 My father said to me, I had a dream where the Lord instructed that you and your brothers must return to… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 3
1st Nephi Chapter 2 2:1 The Lord said to my father in a dream: You are blessed Lehi, because of what you have done; and because you have been faithful and declared unto the people the things that I asked… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 2