Frederick M. Smith: The Psychonautic Prophet
The History Community of Christ’s 3rd prophet was named Frederick Madison Smith. One year on vacation he and his wife
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Category: Scholarship
100+ Year Old Peyote Trip Report From A Member of Community of Christ
I was doing some research regarding Community of Christ’s D&C in our long-running magazine “The Saints’ Herald” when I randomly
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Were the Lectures on Faith improperly decanonized?
Background We as a church canonized our book of scripture, The Doctrine and Covenants (“D&C”), on August 17th, 1835. The
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Data on the Doctrine and Covenants
The Doctrine and Covenants is one of my favorite books of scriptures. I think it is fascinating and compeltely awesome
Today I listened to Stephan Westmann, a German veteran of World War 1, describe the horrors of war
In the video, Stephan Westmann noted that things like air strikes are impersonal and how close-combat is far more intimate.
History of Community of Christ’s Presidential Succession
Preface On 11/18/21 Beyond the Walls’s Social Hour had a discussion on the history of Community of Christ’s presidential succession.
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The Story Behind the Color Palette
Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the
Joining a Church You’ve Never Been To: A Story About Conversion During a Pandemic
This presentation can be watched on Youtube here 1. Introduction Traditional conversion stories tend to start with you meeting someone
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The Purpose of Community of Christ’s temple in Independence
At the RLDS conference in April 1968 D&C 149 and 149A were canonized. Section 149:6A says: The time has come
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I made a calligraphic version of the symbols on John Whitmer’s “Caractors” document.
I made this for part of a project that I am working on 🙂 For those unaware, between 1829-1831 John
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