These are short comments, thoughts, or experiences that may not fit as a full article, but is something I wanted to express anyway.
This is a plea for help from any septuagenarians or octogenarians who might read this post. I have a mother who is 83 years old and would like to be fiercely independent, but increasingly needs help. We're butting heads, but [...]
(Labeled for reuse on www.publicdomainpictures.net) Every body has a heart, and our church has two bodies and two hearts. As children we begin in the body of the church, but the first time we are given a position [...]
(Labeled for reuse on wikimedia.com) The title for this article popped into my head in Church today. It was then followed by several versions of the same question. So this article is answering my own question to myself. [...]
(labeled for reuse on dover.af.mil) This is an opinion piece. With that said, I know that there will be those who disagree with me. That is why it is an opinion. I have many friends who are impoverished. [...]
The title of this article is, of course, not fair. Anytime someone uses always or never as the basis for a question, the answer is pretty consistently, no. But the question is based on one that occurred to me as [...]
One of our many blessings in this ever-changing Church is the responsibility for cleaning our chapels. As I participated with other ward members I began reflecting on the quality of the job I was doing. This is some of what [...]
Spoiler alert! If you haven't seen the movie Passengers then you may want to hold off on this post until you have seen it. My wife and I wanted to see the movie, so we waited until the theater had [...]
I was making something this morning and decided to check my work. I became confused when what I was making wasn't matching what I was reading in the pattern. I had to tear out a large section of it and [...]
This is a personal observation and musing on the differences between how we see and treat births and deaths in our culture. It is not so much doctrinal as it is a private perspective brought on by a recent funeral. [...]
Self-justification is never mentioned as the reason for the fall of the Nephite nation in the Book of Mormon, yet I believe that is what killed them. We should use their demise as a cautionary tale for our own lives, [...]