Posted in Faith, Celestial Pressure Canning on Feb 15th, 2010 Discussion »
I’ve decided to take a leaf out of Maxwell Smart’s book. You remember him? Guy with the shoe phone? Always gets his nose shut in the sliding door at CONTROL headquarters? And in the latest iteration, has to kiss Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. “The Rock”)? (Who, speaking of which, was kind of funny in this movie, […]
Posted in Family, Character, Faith on Nov 16th, 2009 Discussion »
By Darcee Yates
While pedaling my stationary bike this morning (20 whole minutes!) I re-read President Eyring’s talk on Our Perfect Example from the October General Conference. As expected, it lifted my spirits.
I’ve grown up in the church and my memories are clear as day of sitting in Sunday School only eight years old and […]
Posted in Service, Family, Faith, Culture on Jan 22nd, 2009 Discussion »
Recent discussions here about the problem of abortion and of how we might be able to help curb such trends in our society reminded me of something that happened a few years ago. I thought I would share it here.
My husband once had a discussion with a friend (I’ll call him Jerry) who was a […]
Posted in Ward, Self-Improvement, Faith on May 20th, 2008 Discussion »
Years ago, while living in the Boca Raton Ward, a new family moved in and gave the ceremonial “we’re-new-in-the-ward talk.”
[As a disclaimer, don’t go off feeling bad if you didn’t do this in your ward. It doesn’t mean you’re an outcast, it means some bishoprics apparently don’t follow the proper “unwritten order of things”—like refusing […]
Posted in Character, Faith on Feb 22nd, 2008 Discussion »
I will be the last person on the earth to claim that my will is identical to the Lord’s. I am very often what I’d call a reluctant disciple. When God speaks through his prophets, I have sometimes been angry, annoyed, bugged, disappointed, argumentative, fill in the blank with the negative emotion of your choosing. […]
Posted in Character, Faith on Feb 20th, 2008 Discussion »
In Moses 5 of the Pearl of Great Price we read that after Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, “Adam and Eve, his wife, called upon the name of the Lord, and they heard the voice of the Lord from the way toward the Garden of Eden…
And he gave unto them […]
Posted in The Learning Curve, Education, Character, Self-Improvement, Faith on Jan 13th, 2008 Discussion »
Years ago, my sister in law had a medical emergency. She was bleeding profusely, but she still had the presence of mind to tell her husband her blood type. She managed to say, “B positive.” Her husband, worried as he was,
Posted in Parenting, Faith, Homeward Bound on Jan 5th, 2008 Discussion »
The Savior teaches that we need to have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. (See 2 Nephi 2:7; 3 Nephi 9:20, 12:19.) I grew up in the Church, and consequently I have heard this phrase over and over. It seems that I even used to take it for granted in a “yada, yada, yada” […]
Posted in Faith on Apr 20th, 2005 Discussion »
There was a man who was asleep one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had a work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Marriage, Activity, Faith on Feb 2nd, 2002 Discussion »
An anonymous reader writes:
I am dealing with a big problem and don’t know what to do. I have been a convert for 15 years. My husband joined 8 years later. My husband was just called as a ward missionary. He works late every day and doesn’t get home until 7:00 or 7:30 pm. He hasn’t […]
