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Updated on July 24, 2023
Doug Tales 128: Agency, Part Two
Christ gives and Satan takes. And Christ waits while Satan intervenes. One honors our agency while the other does not. Doug Mendenhall teaches about giving up – and taking – agency in Conquering Spiritual Evil, Volume Two (2020),… Read More
Updated on July 17, 2023
Doug Tales 127: Tired Leg Syndrome
One of Doug Mendenhall’s talents was his ability to learn via the school of hard knocks. Again and again, he would make a mistake of some sort based on incorrect assumptions, figure out a better way (with God’s… Read More
Posted on July 14, 2023
Will Ye Hear? Part Two (I See…Awake! Audiobook)
Doug Mendenhall’s book, I See…Awake! (2015) has been recorded and the audio files are now available free of charge from this website. Go to “Audio-2” at the top of the website. Within that page, click on a chapter… Read More
Updated on July 10, 2023
Doug Tales 126: Humility
It’s been said that in America everyone talks, but no one listens. So many “self-help” authors, and not so many readers. Not many people in enough pain yet in order to even start looking for answers. How does… Read More
Updated on July 3, 2023
Doug Tales 125: Fools Crow and Poppa Johns
On August 16, 2008, Doug Mendenhall spoke in Sandy, Utah, at a seminar he playfully called “the Johnson Family Reunion.” He spoke on various subjects, with part of his focus on what we can learn from the healing… Read More
Updated on June 26, 2023
Doug Tales 124: The Intent of His Heart
“‘Yes,’ she replied to me mentioning all the good he had done, ‘but why did he do those things? What was the intent of his heart?’” Doug Mendenhall had a neighbor who did a lot of service for… Read More
Updated on June 19, 2023
Doug Tales 123: Energy Work, Part Three
What do you “see” spiritually? Doug Mendenhall cautions in I See…Arise! (2016), pp. 50-54 that the terms “perceive,” “sense,” and “feel” are usually more accurate than “see” for most people learning about energy work. The visual terms which… Read More
Updated on June 12, 2023
Doug Tales 122: Energy Work, Part Two
Robert Bruce teaches in his book, Energy Work (2007) that individuals need to actually feel the energy flowing through them. This is distinct from and more than only visualizing and imagining the energy moving. Based on his own… Read More
Updated on June 5, 2023
Doug Tales 121: Energy Work, Part One
Is energy work the same as spiritual work? Doug Mendenhall explores various aspects of energy work in I See…Arise! (2016), pp. 45-47: Years ago I read a book about calling down the powers of heaven in order to… Read More
Updated on May 29, 2023
Doug Tales 120: Sacrifice, Part Two
In his daily life, Doug Mendenhall took seriously Joseph Smith’s teachings about sacrifice. He emphasized that our Savior offers the covenants we need to sacrifice for. We do not initiate or make promises to God on our terms,… Read More