Regarding the observation made in last weeks lesson that love of God can not be commanded, Troy in Richmond, Virginia, sends us this quote from Viktor Frankl's book, "Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning":
"... they [most religions] often depict ... God as a being who is primarily concerned with being believed in by the greatest possible number of believers, and along the lines of a specific creed. ... not only is this order based on a distortion of any sound concept of deity, but even more importantly it is doomed to failure. There are certain activities that simply cannot be commanded, demanded, or ordered, and as it happens, the triad faith, hope and love belongs to this class of activities. They cannot be established at will."
About Me
- ROB. LAUER
- Rob. Lauer is an award-winning playwright, theatrical and television director, actor and TV talk show host. Rob’s first play, “Digger,” won BYU's 1982 Mayhew Award; was produced to critical acclaim that same year, was published in 1988, and republished in 2013. In 1990, he became the first playwright to win both awards for drama at the Deep South Writers Conference. His satire “Tom & Penny’s Yard Party” (available from Steel Spring Stage Rights) won the Best Play of the Year Award, while his urban drama, “The Church Street Fantasy,” won the Paul T. Nolan Award. Rob's New York City theatrical credits include three years as an actor with the acclaimed Prince Street Players and four years as Artistic Director of Sail Productions, Inc. From 2002 through 2005, he served as Artistic Director of “Swamp Gravy”—the State of Georgia's Official Folk-Life Play. He has taught playwriting at University of the Pacific and Western Wyoming Community College. Rob currently lives in Virginia where he produces and hosts a local TV talk show. He was Associate Director of the LDS Church's Hill Cumorah Pageant from 1997 through 2003. He has been a Reform Mormon since 2004.