LOTR and Moroni

To begin with, WoW is World of Warcraft and is the bane of wives across the world. (As Paul says, "Wife aggro.") It is the best (and most addictive) video game ever. That's all I'll say.

Em and I just finished watching the greatest movie ever last night, which concluded the entire LOTR series that we started a week ago. And due to the recent demise of our TV and DVD player, we now get some digital channels (don't even need cable for them) and we now have surround sound. Let me gush a moment about surround sound mixed with LOTR. It rocks! Our floor shook, arrows flew by our heads and Nazgul screeched from all around us. For a couple who likes movies, it was a long time coming and I love Emily for agreeing to get it (and for many other reasons, too).

So, while watching LOTR, my mind wandered a bit. Where is our Theoden, Gandalf or Aragorn? Would I succumb to the Ring? Am I as loyal as Sam? I then got stuck thinking about 1st question and thought, "We sure have a lot of Wormtongues, Denethors and Gollums." Now, I don't want to make this into some kind of pro-war/anti-war thing, but it's hard not to when we, ourselves, are caught in a war of good and evil. Which leads me to something I've been thinking about lately...

We need Moroni.

We need someone to lead. The same short-sightedness that got us into the war, is same as the one that is trying to get us out. Unfortunately, we're run by politicians and not leaders. Pulling out of Iraq will not bring peace, just like going in didn't uncover what we were hoping for. And it's sad to think that if we do pull out, Iraq could probably turn into Darfur. And we'd probably forget about it just as easily. Just like we've forgotten that sick feeling on 9/11 (the first thing said on the radio when I hopped in my car was, "Today is a day you'll remember exactly where you were when you heard this news.")

The Book of Mormon was written for us. And I think we're at the bad end of the "Pride Cycle." If you haven't read it, do. There's a pretty great story mixed in with the religious stuff with great characters facing impossible odds.

Well, there's me getting a little preachy. Until next time...