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Listen to the still small voice! Listen. Listen.
In 12-step programs there are often promises associated with working the steps. Families Anonymous is a group that helps those who have addicted loved ones. While the better-known Al-Anon is for those...
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Three Good Things
I’m dealing with a rather long period of depression. I wrote about it at Real Intent a while ago.I believed at the time that part of my depression was physically induced: I was suffering from...
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In Defense of "The Orange Shirt"
I’m still an avid reader of The Friend, even though my youngest graduated Primary last year, and when I read this month’s issue, the story “The Orange Shirt” caught my attention. I am aware that there...
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Good things come in threes
No, this is not a follow up on my Three Good Things post from last week, but I suppose in a way it could be.Last Sunday we had three departing missionaries speak in our ward – two young men and one...
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Wow, it's here early!
See that button over there to the right? It looks just like this:If you click on it, you'll go to the blog of my awesome blogging pal Middle-aged Mormon Man where he's celebrating the Second...
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My conversion story
Encouraged by MMM’s 2nd Annual Hug a Convert Day, I am sharing my own conversion story.I was the first of my family attend any event at our area’s LDS church. I was in third grade and a new kid up the...
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Experience coaches vs. helicopter parenting
Last week’s Wall Street Journal featured this story on parents’ serving as “exposure coaches” for their children who suffer from anxiety.Basically, therapists work with kids who suffer from anxiety to...
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The Best Kept Secret
In the last months of my mission, my companion’s brother was travelling through Europe on business and got permission to take my companion and me to lunch. As we visited over pizza, he observed that...
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35 Years Later -- Memories of the revelation on the priesthood
Saturday was the 35th anniversary of the announcement of extension of priesthood blessings to all worthy male members of the church, that is the lifting of the priesthood ban. This item from LDS Living...
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The Boomerang, My Father, and Me
When I was 11 or 12, my father and I embarked on a project to build a boomerang.I’m not sure why we did this thing. Perhaps Dad just wanted us to share an experience. Perhaps it was to try to have a...
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Provider, Protector and Plumber
Yesterday was an awesome Father’s Day. I had calls and wishes from all my kids, a lovely dinner orchestrated by my lovely wife (including a steak my 16-year old son grilled for me and cupcakes from my...
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"We're just like you."
We had a special stake conference this past weekend. Four general authorities (including an apostle, one of the presidents of the Seventy, another member of the Seventy and a counselor in the Presiding...
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The Big Meeting
Like many others, I watched the leadership training broadcast yesterday afternoon, and like some I watched it at home. (No one but me got the comfort of my General Conference La-Z-Boy seat.)I did not...
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We had an awesome 5th Sunday lesson yesterday. Our bishop taught us about teaching our children about sex.Well, in fairness, he led with the law of chastity. He observed that some of our youth could...
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Revisiting electronic scriptures
Some time ago, MMM did a great post on electronic vs paper scriptures and I joined in the discussion, as well. I’ve had some subsequent thoughts, particularly after the recent Leadership Broadcast on...
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Spiritual Mentors
The kernel of the idea for this post came from a comment over at Real Intent. In response to a discussion about asking the right questions, commenter Brenda wrote, “In conversation with a spiritual...
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Mission Call Madness
A recent Salt Lake Tribune opinion piece about Bountiful HS grads who “announced” their mission calls as part of their graduation ceremony got me thinking about the mission call madness presently...
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A series on Addiction Recovery
I was out last week at a family reunion, so did not post. While I was gone, Real Intent ran a great series on Addiction Recovery that is worth a look, even if you aren’t directly affected by addiction....
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Testimony and Faith Journeys
As I think about my membership in the LDS church (nearly 37 years now), I realize that I have been on quite a path. Although there are times when I have felt completely secure in my relationship with...
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A flood of seminary
I am returning to teach seminary again in the fall. (I’d posted before that I was helping the final quarter of last year’s class.) I’ve got to say that I’m very excited and quite overwhelmed.Seminary...
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Balance
I’m back.I’ve been on a self-imposed hiatus. There was some vacation time, some minor surgery, adjusting to my new seminary calling, and some other things going on.Life does that, of course. It jumps...
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On reading a new copy of the Book of Mormon
I don’t know how many times I’ve read the Book of Mormon. I imagine (conservatively) that we’ve read it at least a dozen times as a family (taking into account years when our children were willing...
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On Being One
In yesterday’s High Priest group meeting, one of our members led us in a discussion of Chapter 16 in our Lorenzo Snow manual. Much of our discussion focused on how we could encourage our ward family to...
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Spiritual Sudoku
I recently worked my first Sudoku puzzle. If you’re not familiar, Sudoku puzzles have nine rows of nine digits each, organized into nine 3 x 3 squares. Each digit from 1-9 appears in each row, each...
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Testimony tips
Man, do I love the Book of Mormon.I have for some time. It is a key element of my testimony of the restored gospel and my understanding of my relationship to my Father in Heaven and to my Redeemer.As I...
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