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Neighborhood Sad
This past Sunday at church, the bishop announced from the pulpit that the son of a family in the ward was playing soccer last week and suddenly collapsed. The boy’s family took him to the hospital. The...
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A Book I’m Reading
I recently checked out an ebook called, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It has some really interesting ideas about unpredictability and causality. The author...
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Sacrament Meeting Today
A lot goes on in a sacrament meeting in my ward. Babies cry and parents take them out of the room to calm them down. Toddlers toddle in the aisles or between pews. People play games with their smart...
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Object Lessons and Objections
Object lessons are incredibly effective teaching tools, especially in religion. There’s the one about nailing a board to a wall or a tree. If you put one nail in the board it can still spin around; the...
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Some Old Time Religion
A young man referred to this song during his talk today in church. It’s one of my favorite old gospel tunes. The young man’s talk was about gratitude, and throughout his remarks he expressed sincere...
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Sunday Firsts
Yesterday was Zinger’s first day in nursery at church. Since our ward meets at 11:00 AM, our strategy was to get Z to sit long enough for us to take the sacrament, take her for a ride so that she can...
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Speaking of Prayer
Or, By the Grace of the Check Engine Light My own skepticism has caused me to hesitate sharing this experience, because when I hear people share their own experiences and draw what I consider to be...
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On my way to work this morning I came upon this view. Smoke from neighboring states’ wildfires has drifted into our mountain range and somewhat obscures the view. This haze has lingered for days, or...
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I was emailing a friend whose birthday is today. And I know that only because it’s two days before mine. And I wouldn’t have known this except I became friends with him and his wife while studying...
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Today after our main church service I attended another meeting, sort of like a Sunday school class. The teacher led a pretty good discussion, and a thousand thoughts entered my head at the same time,...
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