Latterdaysaintmag iconLatterdaysaintmagSep 2, 2026 ~1 min source read

Ocean to Ice — The Meeting in the Meadow

Act I – Half Dome in the Darkness I was certain I already knew what this week's lesson on prayer would be. Eventually we reached the base of the Half Dome cables and stopped to look up.

Ocean to Ice — The Meeting in the Meadow

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Act I – Half Dome in the Darkness I was certain I already knew what this week's lesson on prayer would be.

Eventually we reached the base of the Half Dome cables and stopped to look up.

Four hundred vertical feet of rock disappeared into a sky crowded with stars.

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Act I – Half Dome in the Darkness I was certain I already knew what this week's lesson on prayer would be. Eventually we reached the base of the Half Dome cables and stopped to look up. Four hundred vertical feet of rock disappeared into a sky crowded with stars.

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  • A thin sliver of moonlight reflected off the ghostly pale granite, illuminating just enough of the route to make it look intimidating.

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The level of detail in answers to prayer can be astounding. Long before sunrise, we were climbing up the mountain by headlamp. The slick granite rises at roughly a sixty-degree angle.

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