Posted in Service, Family, Politics on May 26th, 2007 Discussion »
The grocery stores are stocked with brisket for the barbecue and packed with people ready to buy them. Each are boasting the lowest price on chips, soda, and chicken wings to grace the picnic tables of all those anxious for the first, three-day weekend of summer. People are gassing up their boats, packing the camper, […]
Posted in Service, Character on May 24th, 2007 Discussion »
I read the obituaries from my hometown newspaper everyday now. It’s not that I love dwelling on morbidity, it’s that as I get older, so do the people I know. Almost every week I see someone I knew, usually friends of my parents or the parents of a friend. It’s sad to see the next […]
Posted in Service, Gender, Young Women, Young Men on May 15th, 2007 Discussion »
As I turned the corner at the top of the hill, I saw it, flapping in the breeze like a flag of surrender from my mailbox: the tall, white, kitchen garbage bag—symbolic of all culminating scout projects.
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Service, Church, Primary on Dec 31st, 2006 Discussion »
R. L. from California wrote:
I just got called to the nursery and I’m considering apostatizing. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but not by much. I am new in this ward, have young kids myself, and now, even at church, I feel totally isolated. How can I preserve my sanity?
Posted in Parenting Outside the Box, Service, Parenting on Sep 23rd, 2006 Discussion »
I have been struggling this month to figure out what to write about.
Posted in Primarily Politics, Service, Politics on Jul 16th, 2006 Discussion »
Okay, so I informed myself on the issues, I got to know the candidates and their positions/record. I put up signs, passed out fliers, made phone calls and spent hours talking to my neighbors; I put voting reminders in the ward Relief Society bulletin and sent out reminder emails—all the while feeling like I somehow […]
Posted in Service, Temple on May 17th, 2006 Discussion »
One of the truly great honors of my life, was when I was privileged to serve as the escort when a very dear friend received her endowment. I did not expect to experience such until my own daughters were ready to attend.
It was a gorgeous day in Orlando and I treasure it. Since that time […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Service on Jun 17th, 2002 Discussion »
An anonymous reader writes:
May I be so bold as to offer a topic of discussion? “The Value and Effect of Service.” Sometimes, receiving service in the church exacts a rather high psychological price.
Perhaps my concerns are a little too close to home, as I strive to deal with yet another seemingly medically-inexplicable yet definitely physiological […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Service, Parenting on Aug 20th, 2001 Discussion »
Carol writes:
I have read with great curiosity about the “empty nest syndrome,” since I am not married and have no children. Perhaps sometime we can talk about the “empty arms syndrome,” i.e. the similar (yet dissimilar) feelings of women in the Church who have never had the opportunity to give birth (or adopt, because of […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Service, Ward on Jul 12th, 2001 Discussion »
Cynthia writes:
I’m new to the Circle of Sisters, but I wondered if a new topic could be discussed regarding life as a Bishop’s wife. Having a newly released bishop-husband, I have come to realize that there are many unique aspects to fulfilling the role as “the Bishop’s wife.” There are fears, doubts, questions, uncertainties, lessons […]
