I was recently engaged in conversation with two of my friends, Brad and April, and we began discussing certain political-related subjects--Africa and the Lost Boys, Chinese governmental corruption, American news broadcasting propaganda, just a lot of different things. I was reminded of a talk I gave 9/11 chokugo (immediately following). Patriotism gone just a little bit too far, I felt that people were bordering on racism, fanatacism and the like, and forgetting that these so-called terrorists are children of God, too. In a poli-sci class once-upon-a-time I read that back in the day, George Washington was considered a terrorist, yet to us he is a hero. Now, I do not believe myself that 9/11 or anything pulled off by Al-Qaeda or any of its affiliates are heroic, but there are others that do. We so often fail to try to understand the other points of view that we start committing hate crimes as well.
Curry in a Hurry had just been bombed right before I was to give my talk in sacrament meeting, so for the talk I decided to simply read Mark Twain's "The War Prayer." Afterward, a lot of people thanked me for doing so, and also a lot of people were offended, but either way I am glad that people were moved to think.
So I give you now the text of my talk, "The War Prayer," as found at http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/warprayer.html.
The War Prayer
by Mark Twain
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory which stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener. It was indeed a glad and gracious time, and the half dozen rash spirits that ventured to disapprove of the war and cast a doubt upon its righteousness straightway got such a stern and angry warning that for their personal safety's sake they quickly shrank out of sight and offended no more in that way.
Sunday morning came -- next day the battalions would leave for the front; the church was filled; the volunteers were there, their young faces alight with martial dreams -- visions of the stern advance, the gathering momentum, the rushing charge, the flashing sabers, the flight of the foe, the tumult, the enveloping smoke, the fierce pursuit, the surrender! Then home from the war, bronzed heroes, welcomed, adored, submerged in golden seas of glory! With the volunteers sat their dear ones, proud, happy, and envied by the neighbors and friends who had no sons and brothers to send forth to the field of honor, there to win for the flag, or, failing, die the noblest of noble deaths. The service proceeded; a war chapter from the Old Testament was read; the first prayer was said; it was followed by an organ burst that shook the building, and with one impulse the house rose, with glowing eyes and beating hearts, and poured out that tremendous invocation
*God the all-terrible! Thou who ordainest! Thunder thy clarion and lightning thy sword!*
Then came the "long" prayer. None could remember the like of it for passionate pleading and moving and beautiful language. The burden of its supplication was, that an ever-merciful and benignant Father of us all would watch over our noble young soldiers, and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work; bless them, shield them in the day of battle and the hour of peril, bear them in His mighty hand, make them strong and confident, invincible in the bloody onset; help them to crush the foe, grant to them and to their flag and country imperishable honor and glory --
An aged stranger entered and moved with slow and noiseless step up the main aisle, his eyes fixed upon the minister, his long body clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, his head bare, his white hair descending in a frothy cataract to his shoulders, his seamy face unnaturally pale, pale even to ghastliness. With all eyes following him and wondering, he made his silent way; without pausing, he ascended to the preacher's side and stood there waiting. With shut lids the preacher, unconscious of his presence, continued with his moving prayer, and at last finished it with the words, uttered in fervent appeal, "Bless our arms, grant us the victory, O Lord our God, Father and Protector of our land and flag!"
The stranger touched his arm, motioned him to step aside -- which the startled minister did -- and took his place. During some moments he surveyed the spellbound audience with solemn eyes, in which burned an uncanny light; then in a deep voice he said:
"I come from the Throne -- bearing a message from Almighty God!" The words smote the house with a shock; if the stranger perceived it he gave no attention. "He has heard the prayer of His servant your shepherd, and will grant it if such shall be your desire after I, His messenger, shall have explained to you its import -- that is to say, its full import. For it is like unto many of the prayers of men, in that it asks for more than he who utters it is aware of -- except he pause and think.
"God's servant and yours has prayed his prayer. Has he paused and taken thought? Is it one prayer? No, it is two -- one uttered, the other not. Both have reached the ear of Him Who heareth all supplications, the spoken and the unspoken. Ponder this -- keep it in mind. If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. If you pray for the blessing of rain upon your crop which needs it, by that act you are possibly praying for a curse upon some neighbor's crop which may not need rain and can be injured by it.
"You have heard your servant's prayer -- the uttered part of it. I am commissioned of God to put into words the other part of it -- that part which the pastor -- and also you in your hearts -- fervently prayed silently. And ignorantly and unthinkingly? God grant that it was so! You heard these words: 'Grant us the victory, O Lord our God!' That is sufficient. The *whole* of the uttered prayer is compact into those pregnant words. Elaborations were not necessary. When you have prayed for victory you have prayed for many unmentioned results which follow victory--*must* follow it, cannot help but follow it. Upon the listening spirit of God fell also the unspoken part of the prayer. He commandeth me to put it into words. Listen!
"O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it -- for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.
(*After a pause.*) "Ye have prayed it; if ye still desire it, speak! The messenger of the Most High waits!"
It was believed afterward that the man was a lunatic, because there was no sense in what he said.
Twain apparently dictated it around 1904-05; it was rejected by his publisher, and was found after his death among his unpublished manuscripts. It was first published in 1923 in Albert Bigelow Paine's anthology, Europe and Elsewhere.
The story is in response to a particular war, namely the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902, which Twain opposed.
Mar 27, 2006
Mar 23, 2006
Commune with Me
In the LDS Church, the weekly sacramental ordinance is our Eucharist: a rite common to many Christian sects, only much more frequently performed than most. In other denominations, the sacrament is also referred to as Communion because that is what it means: we commune with God; we reach for him and he reaches back--and touches us if we let him. What a splendid thought! In reality, it is actually him always reaching out to us, and that particular sacramental rite is one of infinite ways in which he does this.
How often do we reach back? Consciously reach back? Let me explain what I mean by "reach back." I mean, how often do we 1) recognize and then 2) attempt to capitalize on the opportunities he has given us to touch him and 3) succeed in doing so? For example, when we break bread weekly we act in that rite--let's hope that we can be as sincere as we can at that time. So we thoughtfully partake and in doing so, we "reach back."
Prayer is another example. He is always there to hear us, and when we think or say or yearn or hope, we are reaching, which he then takes into himself and we are touched by him--a sacrament and communion.
In that same vein, how about priesthood blessings? To preface this topic a little, I would mention the following: God's power is his honor. The elements obey him because they honor him. They recognize him as perfect and just, so when they were commanded to be organized into an earth, he spake and they obeyed. That is his power, and the reward of his obedience when he was just a man. (BTW, when I refer to "God" and use the pronoun "him," please know that I mean "Elohim" which is plural: Heavenly Father and Mother, as appropriate) So the elements obey him, and when a priesthood holder gives a blessing, say, to heal a sick person by means of a miracle, what I have mentioned above is what is actually happening: although the voice of the blessing is just a person like you or me, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ that person is made worthy of the same honor from those elements. They move to obey God's will as if he were the one giving the blessing; ideally the voice is in tune and is saying the words given him from God anyway. So this is another perfect example of a sacrament, when God's plane and man's plane touch at a point, with Christ making possible the compatibility between the two.
While prayer and other blessings are not the conventional Eucharist, I proclaim that they are sacraments because the two dimensions touch and we, along with others, are blessed for it. This is because we do these things in the name of Jesus Christ. I submit that any time we act in his name that this is the case. So if you have read my previous blog "In a Name" we will see that anything we do that is something he would do is us fulfilling our covenant to take upon us that name. If his name is attributes and actions yielded by having those attributes, then something as simple as kind words to another (which is something he does) is very literally acting in his name.
And what does this mean? This means that any time we do something to enrich a life, ours or another's, we are acting in his name. This, then, is a sacrament. This, then, is a time when God and man come together. Why did you do that nice thing for the other person? Initially because you knew that it was right, the spirit guided you, and then you acted. And as you acted upon that guidance, you were acting as God, you were acting as Jesus Christ. They lift others up, they comfort the sad, they make others happy, they teach, they give service, they smile, they share in grief, and just on and on. They move through us so that we can benefit from the feeling we get when offering service in whatever capacity.
We all know that God (again, the combination of both father and mother and their combined traits, knowledge and perfections) can do all of these things independent of us. They don't need Mike Brady to be nice to Kristen Brady so that Kristen knows that God loves her; God can do that on his own. But if we are to love one another as he has loved us, what an awesome experience for Mike to love his sister and show it, then both feel great, and then both are blessed. Mike grows, Kristen grows, and both people get to participate in that kind of a sacrament. Both commune with the Holy Spirit and the warm feelings brought about by his presence.
I want so badly to love like he loves and to be like he is. I want to be able to do anything for anybody to the extent of my physical limitations, because not only is that person helped but so am I, and on so many levels. It is so encouraging to know that we don't need the Eucharist to be able to have that sacrament, that constant presence of God. What can we do to incorporate him into our lives? Reach. That's all. And how do we reach? I think we just went over that--in addition to the countless other ways not mentioned here. All of you do this unconsciously anyway, so keep on pumping me up, keep being the great ones that you are and hopefully I can learn to be more like him through watching you. Your examples are wonderful and I hope to be half of what all of you are when it comes to that pure love of Christ, that charity. The point is to take his name, act in his name, act like him and he will be there to bless all involved with his presence.
love,
Mike
How often do we reach back? Consciously reach back? Let me explain what I mean by "reach back." I mean, how often do we 1) recognize and then 2) attempt to capitalize on the opportunities he has given us to touch him and 3) succeed in doing so? For example, when we break bread weekly we act in that rite--let's hope that we can be as sincere as we can at that time. So we thoughtfully partake and in doing so, we "reach back."
Prayer is another example. He is always there to hear us, and when we think or say or yearn or hope, we are reaching, which he then takes into himself and we are touched by him--a sacrament and communion.
In that same vein, how about priesthood blessings? To preface this topic a little, I would mention the following: God's power is his honor. The elements obey him because they honor him. They recognize him as perfect and just, so when they were commanded to be organized into an earth, he spake and they obeyed. That is his power, and the reward of his obedience when he was just a man. (BTW, when I refer to "God" and use the pronoun "him," please know that I mean "Elohim" which is plural: Heavenly Father and Mother, as appropriate) So the elements obey him, and when a priesthood holder gives a blessing, say, to heal a sick person by means of a miracle, what I have mentioned above is what is actually happening: although the voice of the blessing is just a person like you or me, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ that person is made worthy of the same honor from those elements. They move to obey God's will as if he were the one giving the blessing; ideally the voice is in tune and is saying the words given him from God anyway. So this is another perfect example of a sacrament, when God's plane and man's plane touch at a point, with Christ making possible the compatibility between the two.
While prayer and other blessings are not the conventional Eucharist, I proclaim that they are sacraments because the two dimensions touch and we, along with others, are blessed for it. This is because we do these things in the name of Jesus Christ. I submit that any time we act in his name that this is the case. So if you have read my previous blog "In a Name" we will see that anything we do that is something he would do is us fulfilling our covenant to take upon us that name. If his name is attributes and actions yielded by having those attributes, then something as simple as kind words to another (which is something he does) is very literally acting in his name.
And what does this mean? This means that any time we do something to enrich a life, ours or another's, we are acting in his name. This, then, is a sacrament. This, then, is a time when God and man come together. Why did you do that nice thing for the other person? Initially because you knew that it was right, the spirit guided you, and then you acted. And as you acted upon that guidance, you were acting as God, you were acting as Jesus Christ. They lift others up, they comfort the sad, they make others happy, they teach, they give service, they smile, they share in grief, and just on and on. They move through us so that we can benefit from the feeling we get when offering service in whatever capacity.
We all know that God (again, the combination of both father and mother and their combined traits, knowledge and perfections) can do all of these things independent of us. They don't need Mike Brady to be nice to Kristen Brady so that Kristen knows that God loves her; God can do that on his own. But if we are to love one another as he has loved us, what an awesome experience for Mike to love his sister and show it, then both feel great, and then both are blessed. Mike grows, Kristen grows, and both people get to participate in that kind of a sacrament. Both commune with the Holy Spirit and the warm feelings brought about by his presence.
I want so badly to love like he loves and to be like he is. I want to be able to do anything for anybody to the extent of my physical limitations, because not only is that person helped but so am I, and on so many levels. It is so encouraging to know that we don't need the Eucharist to be able to have that sacrament, that constant presence of God. What can we do to incorporate him into our lives? Reach. That's all. And how do we reach? I think we just went over that--in addition to the countless other ways not mentioned here. All of you do this unconsciously anyway, so keep on pumping me up, keep being the great ones that you are and hopefully I can learn to be more like him through watching you. Your examples are wonderful and I hope to be half of what all of you are when it comes to that pure love of Christ, that charity. The point is to take his name, act in his name, act like him and he will be there to bless all involved with his presence.
love,
Mike
Mar 5, 2006
In a Name
Hi everybody. The content of what I am posting this time around has probably been realized by most of you already. I am fleshing out my thoughts of the past several years here and trying to connect them in a manner that suits me. I have wanted to get this done for a while and decided that the blog is not only a way for me to get it in electronic form for permanence sake, but it also introduces my noodle into the public forum for scrutiny, direction, opposition and opinion.
I have pored over my journals, scriptures, talks and other resources in the composing of it. It is long and churchy, so press on if you do not mind. In posting such, I act less in the vein of preaching and more in that of questioning. I am fishing for feedback, basically:
Names have meanings. For example, the name "Michael Kiyoshi Brady." Michael translated literally is equivalent to the question "who is like God?" Kiyoshi means "holiness," and Brady means "spirited." My parents, particularly my father, were judicious in giving their children names that meant something to them, possibly a manifestation of their hopes in us. Names used to be codes or descriptions. The surname Smith references occupation, as do Miller, and Shipwright. Peterson means "son of Peter." Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean "Anointed One," another description. Names perhaps carry less meaning today than they have. In that context:
And what is it to "take the name of the Lord thy God in vain"? In asking around, I have discovered that most people have decided that it is akin to cursing, swearing or whatever. E.g.: "Oh my God!" or "Dear Lord!" and we can imagine several others. I agree with this.
May also offer something else:
As we know, this is the Sacramental prayer on the bread. In it we find the words "willing to take upon them the name of thy Son." Could this qualify as a time when we take the Lord's name? I proffer that it does. And so "taking the Lord's name in vain" takes on a new meaning.
But I now suggest two more questions to further the discussion. 1: What does doing something "in vain" mean? Following suit, I must quote Merriam-Webster:
Futility, ineffectual and having no real value. This brings me to the second question: Just what does it mean to "take the Lord's name"? It's what we re-covenant to do at the Sacrament table, initially making the covenant at baptism. As we know, the Baptismal Covenant is found in Mosiah.
It is clear that here we are committing ourselves to perform a list of actions, like bearing one another's burdens, mourning with those that mourn, standing as witnesses and so on. But the only mention of a name is being baptized in His name--yet another action. So, what is the Lord's name?
The Lord, himself, when speaking to Moses on Sinai proclaims His name:
Here we find the attributes mercy, grace and longsuffering along with forgiveness. I suggest that our perception of the nomenclature surrounding names is in a different context than what it used to be.
My point is this: names are descriptors of their bearers. Names are attributes. Names are what the person is, does, or should be. Just as the Lord gives his name in Exodus 34, so does he the same in the Sermon on the Mount: poor in spirit, meek, hunger and thirst after righteousness, pure in heart, peacemaker, and so forth. As we strive to incorporate these attributes in to ourselves we are literally taking upon us His name; let us not do this in vain, and let us partake of the Sacrament for when we do, for we all shall.
Let's talk temple. There are names all over in the temple: past names, present names, mediating names and future names. Quoting from Dallin H. Oaks' "Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ" he incorporates the temple ceremony:
...and we read the effect:
And then will Elder Oaks' prediction prove correct when we come to the real veil and enter the real Celestial Kingdom and eventually achieve real exaltation, all because of Jesus Christ, of course. When we become bound to Christ through the exchange at the veil, we are surely in his grip at last, bound and connected to him and our purposes fulfilled as he was bound and connected to the cross fulfilling his purpose.
So what is in a name? What does your name mean? What name would you like? What attributes would you like? Whose name would you like? Whose attributes would you like?
Finally I would like to refer you to the end of the world, sometime during Armageddon. John says:
Why does no man know? Whose name is it? I postulate that it is the next level of obedience to which he would have us adhere. As President Hinckley has said, it will be the raising of the bar, the introduction of truly Zionistic behaviors into our lives in earnest, and for our collective happiness, if we are willing.
I have pored over my journals, scriptures, talks and other resources in the composing of it. It is long and churchy, so press on if you do not mind. In posting such, I act less in the vein of preaching and more in that of questioning. I am fishing for feedback, basically:
Names have meanings. For example, the name "Michael Kiyoshi Brady." Michael translated literally is equivalent to the question "who is like God?" Kiyoshi means "holiness," and Brady means "spirited." My parents, particularly my father, were judicious in giving their children names that meant something to them, possibly a manifestation of their hopes in us. Names used to be codes or descriptions. The surname Smith references occupation, as do Miller, and Shipwright. Peterson means "son of Peter." Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean "Anointed One," another description. Names perhaps carry less meaning today than they have. In that context:
Exodus 20:7
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
And what is it to "take the name of the Lord thy God in vain"? In asking around, I have discovered that most people have decided that it is akin to cursing, swearing or whatever. E.g.: "Oh my God!" or "Dear Lord!" and we can imagine several others. I agree with this.
May also offer something else:
Moroni 4:3
O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son, and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Amen.
As we know, this is the Sacramental prayer on the bread. In it we find the words "willing to take upon them the name of thy Son." Could this qualify as a time when we take the Lord's name? I proffer that it does. And so "taking the Lord's name in vain" takes on a new meaning.
But I now suggest two more questions to further the discussion. 1: What does doing something "in vain" mean? Following suit, I must quote Merriam-Webster:
vain
2 entries found for vain.
Main Entry: vain
Pronunciation: 'vAn
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin vanus empty, vain -- more at WANE
1 : having no real value : IDLE, WORTHLESS
2 : marked by futility or ineffectualness : UNSUCCESSFUL, USELESS <vain efforts to escape>
Futility, ineffectual and having no real value. This brings me to the second question: Just what does it mean to "take the Lord's name"? It's what we re-covenant to do at the Sacrament table, initially making the covenant at baptism. As we know, the Baptismal Covenant is found in Mosiah.
Mosiah 18:8-10
8 And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;
9 Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life—
10 Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?
It is clear that here we are committing ourselves to perform a list of actions, like bearing one another's burdens, mourning with those that mourn, standing as witnesses and so on. But the only mention of a name is being baptized in His name--yet another action. So, what is the Lord's name?
The Lord, himself, when speaking to Moses on Sinai proclaims His name:
Exodus 34:5-7
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful, gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...
Here we find the attributes mercy, grace and longsuffering along with forgiveness. I suggest that our perception of the nomenclature surrounding names is in a different context than what it used to be.
My point is this: names are descriptors of their bearers. Names are attributes. Names are what the person is, does, or should be. Just as the Lord gives his name in Exodus 34, so does he the same in the Sermon on the Mount: poor in spirit, meek, hunger and thirst after righteousness, pure in heart, peacemaker, and so forth. As we strive to incorporate these attributes in to ourselves we are literally taking upon us His name; let us not do this in vain, and let us partake of the Sacrament for when we do, for we all shall.
Let's talk temple. There are names all over in the temple: past names, present names, mediating names and future names. Quoting from Dallin H. Oaks' "Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ" he incorporates the temple ceremony:
"It is significant that when we partake of the sacrament we do not witness that we take upon us the name of Jesus Christ. We witness that we are willing to do so. (See D&C 20:77.) The fact that we only witness to our willingness suggests that something else must happen before we actually take that sacred name upon us in the most important sense.To me, this is clearly an allusion to that moment at the veil when we are finally permitted to pass through and enter the womb of the Celestial Room with our companions, husbands and wives, to be joined by the Spirit and exalted. Our diligence in striving to attain those attributes will be met with blessings. In Proverbs we read the cause:
"What future event or events could this covenant contemplate? The scriptures suggest two sacred possibilities, one concerning the authority of God, especially as exercised in the temples, and the other—closely related—concerning exaltation in the celestial kingdom."
3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
...and we read the effect:
3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
And then will Elder Oaks' prediction prove correct when we come to the real veil and enter the real Celestial Kingdom and eventually achieve real exaltation, all because of Jesus Christ, of course. When we become bound to Christ through the exchange at the veil, we are surely in his grip at last, bound and connected to him and our purposes fulfilled as he was bound and connected to the cross fulfilling his purpose.
So what is in a name? What does your name mean? What name would you like? What attributes would you like? Whose name would you like? Whose attributes would you like?
Finally I would like to refer you to the end of the world, sometime during Armageddon. John says:
Revelation 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Why does no man know? Whose name is it? I postulate that it is the next level of obedience to which he would have us adhere. As President Hinckley has said, it will be the raising of the bar, the introduction of truly Zionistic behaviors into our lives in earnest, and for our collective happiness, if we are willing.
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