Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Traces of Time . . . March 7-13, 2022

 TRACES OF TIME . . .                   {To see last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} 

THIS WEEK 


MARCH 7-13, 2022


MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022                              Family is Everything...                                                           Today                          Sunrise:  a.m. Sunset:  p.m.

Days are getting longer...
Spring is only  days away
I always love quotes about
Heavenly Father's creations.




TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2021                                  Family is Everything...                                      
               
Today Sunrise: 6:50 a.m. Sunset: 6:27 p.m.
 Institute
"The Parable of The Good Samaritan"

Camie shared the intrepretation of
this parable from an article in
2007 by John Welch.
It is a very long article. I am only putting
the first part of the article and will
try to put a link to the rest.

Article  By 

John W. Welch wrote this article in 2007.
{He is the one who discovered chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. He is married to Jeannie Sutton, Dr. and Gwen's daughter.
He was a personal protege'of Hugh Nibley.)

Contents

Picture above: Christ, the Good Samaritan. Illustration from a deluxe edition of the Bible, published in Philadelphia by Holman and Company in 1900, depicting the Good Samaritan as a figure of Christ.

Before modernity, Christians read this parable allegorically, with the Samaritan, for example, aptly typifying Christ. Such a reading becomes even stronger when enriched by the full plan of salvation.

One of the most influential stories told by Jesus is the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–35). As a result of this scripture, people all over the world, whether Christians or not, speak of being a Good Samaritan, of doing good for people who are in peril or need. Modern-day Good Samaritans stop to help stranded travelers fix flat tires or find shelter, come to the rescue of people in distress, or serve spontaneously as benevolent volunteers. They even receive legal immunity in many states should they happen to make matters worse while trying to be of help.1 Most people in modern society know the main details of the story of the Good Samaritan, and this memorable story inspires benevolent daily decisions, both socially and religiously.2 Because we all have serious needs, this parable speaks deeply to every human soul.

As important and dramatic as its ethical content obviously is, Jesus’ story may harbor far more meaning than most people ever imagine. An ancient but now almost forgotten tradition, extending back to the earliest days of Christian interpretation, sees this tale as much more than a story and as far more than a parable. According to this early Christian view, the narrative is to be read as an impressive allegory of the fall and redemption of mankind. In LDS terms, it may be seen even more expansively as a type and shadow of the eternal plan of salvation.

This article explores and embraces the allegorical layer of signification and shows how a deeper level of meaning does not detract from the conventional understanding of the parable but adds rich, epic dimensions to the typical understanding of this classic vignette.

Reading the Good Samaritan

Jesus told this story to a lawyer, or a Pharisee, who began his exchange with Jesus by asking, “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responded at first simply by saying, “What is written in the law? how readest thou?” The man answered by quoting two scriptures, the first from Deuteronomy 6:5, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart,” and the second from Leviticus 19:18, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” When Jesus promised the man, “This do, and thou shalt live,” the man retorted, “And who is my neighbour?” (Luke 10:25–29).

In answer to the man’s two questions, Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. People usually think of it as answering only the second, technical question, “Who is my neighbour?” But this story also addresses, even more deeply, the first and more important inquiry, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” The Prophet Joseph Smith once taught, “I have a key by which I understand the scriptures. I enquire, what was the question which drew out the answer, or caused Jesus to utter the parable?”3 Using the Pharisee’s primary question as such a key, with the second question being “like unto it” (Matt. 22:39), shows that the story speaks of eternal life and the plan of salvation in ways that few modern readers have ever paused to notice.

From Parable to Allegory and Typology

The story of the Good Samaritan is usually understood as a straightforward parable. A parable is a short account that parallels or exemplifies some particular religious value, causing introspection and self-reflection that leads to a specific moral outlook or imperative. David Seely offers a convenient definition: “A parable is a narrative containing an extended simile or metaphor intending to convey a single thought or message.”4

Jesus told many stories that can be viewed as parables. In each of them, he prompted his listeners to act in a single, specific Christlike way. His various parables teach people to be forgiving, as in the story of the forgiven steward who unmercifully refuses to forgive his debtors (Matt. 18:21–35); to be prepared for the coming of the kingdom, as with the watchful householder (Matt. 24:42–44) or the ten bridesmaids (Matt. 25:1–13); to spread the seeds of the gospel, as does the sower whose seeds land on four different soils (Matt. 13:1–9; Mark 4:1–9; Luke 8:4–8); to be persistent, as is the importuning widow who pesters a judge until he helps her (Luke 18:1–8); and to develop the gifts or responsibilities over which one has been given stewardship, represented by talents of gold or silver (Matt. 25:14–30; Luke 19:11–27). Seen simply as a parable, the story of the Good Samaritan encourages people to help anyone in need by answering a single, pointed question: “Who is my neighbour?” (Luke 10:29), or asked in modern terms, “Will I be one who sees, who hears, who pauses, and who helps? Will you?”5

The word parable, however, does not fully describe the story of the Good Samaritan. Moreover, the story is more than a drama or a “pattern story” that illustrates a single point of doctrine or presents one model of “moral life to be imitated.”6 Does it have only a single message? If so, why did Jesus tell the story in such detail when a much simpler version of the story could have just as well made the moral point of being kind to anyone in need?

Because of its complexity, the story of the Good Samaritan is better described as an allegory, which is a more complicated configuration than a parable. An allegory portrays a larger picture, puts numerous pieces of an intricate structure into place, and helps to define relationships between various parties or human affairs. In an allegory, “each metaphorical element of the narrative is meant to correspond to a specific counterpart”7 or to function organically within a conceptual structure.

Moreover, a typology prefigures or is a shadow of a deeper reality that stands behind the verbal construct. Typological allegories in the gospel help listeners understand the ultimate truths of life, history, and reality, not only by depicting a set of relationships, but also by pointing to a more profound meaning beyond. Such allegories “play the role of enshrouding the subject matter in a mysterious (geheimnisvollen), protective-revealing (verhüllend-offenbarenden) guise, through which the words and various parts of the text are to be substituted more or less for concepts”8 or for other beings. Several of the parables of Jesus, such as the Wicked Husbandmen (Mark 12:1–11; Matt. 21:33–44; Luke 20:9–18), the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32), and the Good Shepherd (John 10:1–18), are complicated enough that they are probably better described as allegories than as parables, and often they are typological as well.9

The story of the Good Samaritan can be understood particularly well as a typological allegory, specifically as a presentation of the plan of salvation. Especially from a Latter-day Saint perspective, each element in the story serves an important purpose in representing a corresponding counterpart and in conveying a symbolic or emblematic depiction. As I show below, each point included by Jesus in the story helps to place the Samaritan’s act of saving mercy in the broader context of the plan of salvation that was established from the foundation of the world and made possible through the atonement of Jesus Christ. The story is not simply a moralistic fable or a generic ethical hypothetical, but a thoroughly Christian contextualization of the perils of mortality and the deeds of saving goodness in an eternal setting of God’s redeeming love and compassion...


Table 1. A Summary of Patristic Allegorizations

and LDS Types and Shadows of Luke 10

Luke 10

Patristic Allegorizations

LDS Types and Shadows

a man

Adam

all mankind

went down

left Paradise

left premortal existence

from Jerusalem

a heavenly place

presence of God

to Jericho

the world

a telestial world

fell

straying, pride

fallen state, sins

among robbers

Satan, evil forces

Satan, expected trials

stripped him

losing immortality

stripping authority, garment

wounded him

effects of disobedience, sin

blows of mortality

departed

God did not allow more

required to depart

left him half dead

soul is immortal

two deaths

by chance

n/a

not by the original divine plan

priest and Levite

law and prophets

those with partial authority

passed by

could not help

lacked higher power to save

Samaritan

Christ, guardian

Christ, most humble, despised

saw

n/a

knowing him and seeing all

had compassion

misericordia

pure love of Christ

went to him

to be a neighbor

succoring him in need

bound his wounds

teachings, rules

binding, covenant

pouring in

n/a

gushing forth and filling up

oil

soothing, hope

healing, anointing, Holy Spirit

wine

stinging reprimand

atoning blood

on his own beast

body of Christ

with helper, triumphal rescue
There is one more for  the

 above list that Camie

 taught in class:

When the Good Samaritan said he would

"come again" =  symbolic of the Second

 Coming.

I don't know how to do a link, but
for the rest of the article, please Google:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan by
John W. Welch 2007.

Here are the slides from

camie's class -

 Tues, march 8.

 "Go and do thou likewise."

Luke 10:25-37
 If you click on the picture 

when you're in my blog, 

it will enlarge enough 

to read the quotes.

                     Neal A. Maxwell said:                
                              
 Bruce R. McConkie said:
The stained glass window that John W.

 Welch talks about that shows Adam 

and Eve at the top and then the 

Parable of the Good Samaritan. 

This is why John Welch wanted 

to find out why these two were 

connected. 
"A certain man..." 
Chartres Cathedral...
"...which stripped him of his raiment, and..."
"And by chance..."
"But a certain Samaritan..." 
"...and set him on his own beast, and brought
  him to an inn, and took care of him."
"And on the morrow..."
"Which now of these...thinkest was neighbour
  unto him that fell among the thieves?
                                      Go and do thou likewise."
Camie had started class before
we even drove to class today. 
She had a friend take a vehicle 
to park by the side of the road by
where we turn into the church 
parking lot. Melanie put the hood
up and leaned over the engine
like she was having trouble.
Did any of us class members
stop to see if we could help
her?  Not one. (About 17-20
come each Tuesday.)
Some of our "excuses" were:
"Everyone has a cell phone now."
"I was going to go back and help."
"We didn't even see her."
"It was 9:59 and we were 
  almost late to class."
"I know nothing about engines."
 
None of us were 
'good Samaritans..." 

We always learn so much at Institute.
Today we learned even more!
Camie is a caring teacher.
She is very close to
the Spirit!
I have never learned that
the Parable of the
Good Samaritan is an
typological allegory
of The Savior and the
Plan of Salvation.
It is so enlightening
to delve into these deeper
meanings of the Parables
of Jesus Christ,
our Savior and Redeemer.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***
This  afternoon
I called Jeff Rasmussen in Burley,
our friend who has Rasmussen-Wilson
Funeral Home (who still says there
will never be another doctor as
wonderful as Dr. Walter Petersen)
and was in charge of our headstone. 
He told me our headstone was 
installed last week in the
Wendell Idaho Cemetery.
I am so thankful for our 
granddaughter, 
Aimee Fisher Mecham,
designing it.

I am so happy to have it 
in place to honor

my eternal sweetheart - my husband,

Walter Ray Petersen.

Interwoven in the vine scroll on the back

are nine things we loved in this life--

in addition to our family and friends--

that depicted our life;

Clockwise from upper right side...

  1. Small airplane 

  2. Typewriter

  3. Stethoscope
   
  4. My homemade apple pie

       (Our kids all said it was better 

         than any other apple pie.)

  5. Salt Lake Temple

  Then going up from bottom left side:

  6. Palm tree (We served 9 1/2 years
 
      on missions in countries that had 

      palm trees.)

  7.Camera

  8. Snow skis

  9. Basketball

10. Scriptures

  



I sent these photos of the headstone 
to my cousin Barbara Harmon 
Youngstrom today. She called to
tell me how her Mom, my Aunt 
Eleanor Huffaker Harmon is doing. 
Aunt Eleanor will be 92 on March 30.

Barbara is gathering a current list of

Huffaker cousins' addresses.

I'm sending her Connie's email address

and her current family photo.

This is Connie Nieffenegger 

Parsons Robanske Wheatley.
 
She lost her first two husbands

to pancreatic cancer.

She is such a darling gal.

She married another wonderful 

husband, Jim Wheatley, in Oct 2014.

Her three children are 

Jacob "Jake" Parsons,

Danielle "Dani" Parsons Francom,

and Heather Robanske Christensen.

Here's their most current 

family photo 

including the 

12 grandchildren.





WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022
Family is Everything... 

     Ladies' Lunch was at Strap Tank

at Traverse Mountain by

Thanksgiving Point.

Eleven could come today.

Clockwise from left:

Tammy, Sue, Linda H,

Carol, Kaye, Jennie,

MaryAnn, Eileen,

Sharon, Vickie,

Stephanie.

Ladies' Lunch
Sue, Linda H, Carol
Ladies' Lunch
Eileen, Sharon
Ladies' Lunch
Vickie, Stephanie
Ladies' Lunch
Carol, Kaye
Ladies' Lunch
Jennie, MaryAnn, Eileen
Ladies' Lunch
Tammy, Sue, Linda H
We always miss those who
can't come. And we pray
for those who are sick
of have other problems.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Following our "Irish"
theme for March,
Gary and I watched
"Darby O'Gill and
the Little People"
from 1959.
Darby O'Gill and his young adult daughter Katie have long lived in the small Irish town of Rathcullen, where Darby works as the somewhat neglectful live-in caretaker of Lord Fitzpatrick's estate and spends his time poaching rabbits and regaling pub-goers with his fantastical stories of meeting leprechauns. Despite Lord Fitzpatrick's fondness for Darby, Fitzpatrick has decided to send the elderly Darby into retirement and replace him with 
the young Dubliner Michael McBride [who is played by the 
28-y-o Sean Connery].

I enjoy my Wednesday
night movies with my son,
Gary.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022                          Family is Everything... 
  
I just saw this obituary of
our friend.  Gene's father was
the family physician in 
Wendell, Idaho. They lived
next door to Walt's family.

                                                    Eugene Harold Holsinger, MD                            Sep. 6, 1930 - Jan. 26, 2022
BURLEY – On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the world lost a treasure when Dr. Eugene H. Holsinger passed away. Gene was a gifted physician, loving husband and father, avid fly fisherman, golfer, woodworker, and trusted friend. He was born in Nampa, Idaho, on September 6, 1930, to Harold and Mary Holsinger. He was often sick during the first six years of his life until doctors discovered that he had been born with a partial obstruction of both kidneys. One was repaired, the other was removed, and he lived with one kidney for the rest of his life.

His father entered medical school at the University of Oregon when Gene was six years old, and the family carried all of their belongings to Portland with them in a hay wagon they borrowed from one of Gene’s uncles. He attended grade school in Portland and in Tacoma, where his father completed his internship.

In 1942, the family moved to Gene’s hometown - Wendell, Idaho. He started attending school in sixth grade and graduated as salutatorian from Wendell High School in 1949. In addition to playing trumpet in the high school band, he sang in the school chorus and in a barbershop quartet. He continued singing for the rest of his life; in college he sung as part of the college choir and the choir at Boone Presbyterian Church in Caldwell, Idaho, and in the choir of the Burley Presbyterian Church from 1959 until COVID-19 interrupted in-person services.

Gene entered the College of Idaho in 1949 where he was a member of the student council, the Intercollegiate Knights, and the Beta Chi fraternity. He graduated summa cum laude in 1953, and entered medical school at the University of Oregon that fall. But the most important thing that Gene did while enrolled at the C of I was to meet the love of his life. He and Patsy Houston were married on August 15th, 1954.

Gene continued to excel academically in medical school. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (the national medical honor society), and his score on the National Medical Board Exam in 1957 was one of the 10 highest scores in the entire country. He and Patsy moved to Sacramento, California with their nine-month-old son, Kent, in the summer of 1957, and Gene completed a two-year internship and family practice residency at Sacramento County Hospital (now the University of California - Davis Medical Center).

In 1959, Gene and Patsy moved to Burley so that Gene could join a medical practice with Dr. Charles Terhune. Gene continued to practice medicine in Burley until he retired in 1986. He developed a special interest in heart disease. He interpreted electrocardiograms, and he established the first coronary care/intensive care unit in the Cassia County Memorial Hospital. For many years he taught CPR to nurses, emergency medical technicians, and other medical professionals. Gene served as President of the South Central Idaho Medical Society, and he was a member of the Idaho Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and a charter fellow of the American Board of Family Medicine. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the College of Idaho for 12 years, as President of the Burley Exchange Club, and as a board member of the Burley Knife and Fork Club.

In spite of all of his professional accomplishments, Gene always had time for his family - and hobbies. He was an avid fly fisherman, visiting Silver Creek at least 10-12 times every season and the streams near West Yellowstone, Montana two or three times a year. He traveled to Alaska three times to fish for salmon and halibut and to New Zealand to fish for trout (and to see the scenery). He also pursued fish in Utah, Oregon, Vermont, New York, and Canada, and in the waves off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. He also loved woodworking (including building furniture, producing magnificent bowls and screw-topped bottles on a lathe, and wood carving), cross country skiing, golf, and playing a tenor ukulele.

Gene is survived by his wife, Patsy; his sister, Rosemary Beal of Grass Valley, California; and his sons, Kent of Coventry, Connecticut, and Kevin of Mountain View, California.

Pursuant to Gene’s wishes, no formal services will be held.

Arrangements have been placed in the care of Rasmussen-Wilson Funeral Home of Burley.

 Condolences for Eugene Harold Holsinger, MD             From Eileen A. Petersen                                                            Patsy, I just saw this obituary on March 10, 2022. We send our deep, heart-felt condolences to you, Kent, and Kevin on Gene's passing.  We were friends from our days growing up in Wendell. Gene's family and Walt's family were neighbors next to the city park. His Dad gave Walt the encouragement that if he worked hard enough he could make it through medical school. May you continue to find comfort from the Savior's love at this time of loss. Love to you all from Eileen Albertson Petersen and family. Now Walt and Gene are neighbors again in heaven.


FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022                      

Family is Everything... 
Today 
Happy Birthday to our friend, Irene Blayney
in Burley today. We were next-door neighbors
for 47 years until we moved
on Aug 18, 2018.
We took this photo of them when we
had come to Burley for 
Bonnie Hansen's funeral
in Sept 2019.

Tom by some of the Western Belt Buckles
he won for Sorting and Penning. 
Here we are in front of
our home in July 2018 --
a month before we moved.
We had lived in this home
for 47 years. For the first
five years in Burley we 
lived just four houses 
north of this. 
Here are Walt and me in




SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022
                      
Family is Everythng and so are friends... 
Kelsey and Josh were
given a "Baby Celebration"
They are expecting a
baby boy in early May.
Lots of family
and friends came...
Here Josh, Kelsey,
Grama Eileen, Steve,
Carter, Cortney, Q,
Natalie, Noah, 
Madasta.
The cute game played was
a list of 30 animals 
and a space to put
the name of the baby
baby of that animal.
Three tied at 17 for the
the most correct answers.
Q, Cortney, Kelsey, Josh.
Her sister, Cortney, hosted
the celebration at her 
townhouse in Sandy.
Uncle David and Aunt Julie, 
and Josh came from Draper.
Thanks, Steve, for bringing.
Kelsey is Steve and Natalie's daughter.
On the way home Steve
and I stopped at J-Dawgs...
They
Grama A used to say:
"Once in a while you just
have to have a hot dog!"
I remembered to turn
my clock one hour ahead.


SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022                      

Family is Everything... 
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
President Petersen from the
Stake Presidency presided.
David South conducted.
The Bishop was home sick,
feeling better, but he didn't
want to expose anyone
to anything.
The speakers were
Liberty McPherson,
Stuart McPherson, and
David South.
Liberty was asked to talk 
about peace. That's how she
feels when she goes to the
temple to do baptisms...
peaceful, calm, so impressed
with the stillness. She thinks
about the person she is being
baptized for.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Stuart said it was his first talk
in a Sacrament meeting. He
was asked to talk about peace.
He didn't feel peace when
giving a talk in Church.
 He said a lot of
people were stressed when the
Covid Pandemic hit, but he said
he was okay staying home with no
school, eating junk food, and
binge watching movies. But he
says a good thing to do to have
peace is to pray.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Brother South said that one of the
things that attracted him to 
Amalene when they first met
was that she liked to climb 
mountains as much as he did.
Their favorite has been climbing
the Grand Teton. There is no
experience quite like looking
out from the summit. 
He compared that to how he
has felt and feels when he
goes to the temple. He shared
part of Joseph Smith's 
dedication of the Kirtland Temple
(to be continued)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 Francine Johnson taught the
Relief Society lesson on
"Personal Peace in
Challenging Times"
by Quentin L. Cook

Come, Follow Me
for our personal study
for the week of March 7-13
has been: Genesis



** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.
At the end of this March 13th,
I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...
Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.
*** *** ***

Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 
*** *** ***
Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.
*** *** ***
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 
*** *** ***
The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
*** *** ***
The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.
*** *** ***
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  
*** *** ***
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
March 13, 2022...


Posted by Walt and Eileen at 6:18 PM

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