Lightward Bound

12/05/2025

Lightward Bound will be at the festival. We'll have coloring pages for the kids and a special "Ambassadors of Light" presentation for those ages 8 to 12.

https://lightwardbound.org

11/22/2025

Lightward Bound will be there, with a booth again this year!
We're planning a special "Ambassadors of Light" presentation for children (ages approx. 8 - 12).

10/13/2025

Darkness is the True Enemy

Sadly, we continue to witness senseless, random violence in our nation. In some cases, it is possible that violence may be someone's attempt to "right a wrong" of some sort. But the truth is, you don't fix a nation by random violence.

It is true that our nation became an independent country through sustained violence of war. About two and a half centuries ago we, as a nation, organized and fought against a true enemy, a ruler of a nation--a ruler who wanted to control us and take from us, without consideration of our needs.

The Declaration of Independence makes it quite clear why our leaders at the time saw it necessary to separate themselves from Great Britain and its tyrannical king. As the British were already using violence against us by that time, it was also necessary for us to fight back to remove the enemy from our land and establish American sovereignty.

Their cause was to eliminate the oppression of our people by an outside force. But Americans terrorizing Americans, as we hear in the news, is not a just cause. We may get ideas in our heads that we want to do something big and physical to make things better: Maybe round up all the bad guys and lock them up or engage in another civil war. But these are not long-lasting solutions.

For everyone's security and safety, it may be necessary to detain those who are prone to violent actions, as an interim measure to provide some relief, while we make the cultural changes that can endure. Those changes need to happen inside all of us if we want a lasting national peace and unity.

Each of us must recognize and accept that our fellow citizens and even immigrants in our nation are not our true enemy. Our true enemies now are false doctrines and deleterious ideologies. They are ideas that hurt rather than uplift. They are actions that divide rather than unite. The true enemy of all of us is darkness in hearts and minds.

We all have some light in our lives, but we also have some darkness to get rid of. Of course, it may take time to change ourselves for the better--it won't happen over night.

So let's get started now to take actions to bring more light into our own lives and into the environment around us!

Be patient and kind with those around us--in every circumstance.
Be patient with the weak, the slow, the less intelligent.
Use our words to uplift, help, inspire, etc.
When correction is necessary, take the time to do it gently; harshness brings darkness.
Look for the good in those who are hard to deal with; it's there if you look for it.
Learn to appreciate the good in and the contributions of others and find ways to express it.
Respect those who carefully strive to follow laws and rules and those who honor moral boundaries. They don't deserve ridicule or hostility.
Give people the benefit of the doubt; you don't know what's in their hearts or minds or what they are dealing with etc.
Be willing to help others when you have the ability.
Forgive wrongs of others; hopefully, they'll forgive yours as well.

Give truthfulness priority over agendas and personal advantage; lies, deceptions, fraud, scams, manipulation, etc. will never build a great nation.
Strive for honor and integrity in our dealings with others (at home, school, work, and everywhere else).

We're doing this for our country. Not only for our country, though, but also for our families and friends and future generations.

https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/10/13/darkness-is-the-true-enemy/

10/03/2025

Let's be "builders," building a community of light!

We're programmed to think every issue is binary: "us vs. them." But Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND Snacks, says the real enemy isn't a person but a min...

09/18/2025

Last week America witnessed a major act of darkness
Let's don't waste a lot of time with the blame game
It's time for each of us to look at how to eradicate our own darkness
It's time for all Americans to be better to each other
That's how we'll fix our nation

Read the full blog post by clicking the link below:
https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/09/17/we-are-the-answer-to-a-better-world/
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07/13/2025

We hope you didn't miss it!

Did you see the important message that Lightward Bound shared in Tooele City's Fourth of July parade?

Click the link to see it now:
https://lightwardbound.org

04/15/2025

...
Because of my current medical journey, I have decided to limit my LWB work to four main goals for the year.

Back in December, I came up with an idea for an experimental social media platform ... [which] is still an important goal to me for this year, so that is one of the four goals.

The unique features of this social media network include ...

Read the rest of the blog post at:
https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/04/14/lightward-bound-2025/

03/26/2025

Things seem to be progressing well enough on my unwanted journey. There is plenty of reason for hope. But still, despite my faith in God and assurances that things will be okay, I believe nothing is guaranteed for the outcome. Even so, if my hoped-for outcome isn't what happens, I am still grateful for all the good things that I have had in my life up to this point.

There are a number of significant things I am grateful for:

Read the rest of my latest blog post at:
https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/03/26/gratitude-in-the-trial/

03/17/2025

Here's my latest blog post:
https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/03/16/still-surviving-cancer/
"It has been a couple of weeks since my second chemotherapy treatment. For the first week and a half..." Click the link to read more.

03/03/2025

"I never asked for this. And maybe I believed I was somehow
immune or statistically unlikely to be in this situation. But
here I am..."

Read the rest of my latest blog post at the Lightward Bound website:
"Beginning An Unwanted Journey"
https://lightwardbound.org/Main/2025/03/02/beginning-an-unwanted-journey/

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10/17/2024

Bring your children to the pumpkin patch and check out all the other Fall Festival activities at 180 Ministries this Saturday

Lightward Bound will be there as one of the vendors.
Oct. 19th, 10 am to 6 pm
812 Bates Canyon Rd, Erda

See more at 180 Ministries' page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082980890004)

10/03/2024

It can be challenging and will take time to make changes in ourselves to increase our light.

But one simple thing you can do now is to incorporate the message of light into your immediate environment through some of the merchandise and information available from Lightward Bound.

Visit Lightward Bound at the Tooele Marketplace this Saturday, Oct. 5th!
11 am - 4 pm
140 East 200 South, Tooele (Near Asylum 49)