Those Wacky Scientologists

Posted on June 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 86 Comments

Iâ€™m a double-minded man in many ways. There are quite a few things that, by natural inclination, I like or am interested in but that, on a rational level, disgust me. Exhibit A: Celebrities.

Brigham Young on several things, conveniently in one quote:

Posted on June 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments

I came across an interesting Brigham Young quotation the other day. I’ll quote it and then explain why I thought it interesting.

Celestial Room

Posted on June 29, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 56 Comments

One more temple thread before I go on vacation. While at the temple doing sealings, the sealer invited us into the celestial room afterwards. I don’t know if that is normal or not. I can’t recall doing it any of the other times I’ve done sealings. While there though my wife […]

Continuing the M* baby boom

Posted on June 28, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 17 Comments

Joshua William Biddulph, a health eight-pound boy, was born on Sunday morning at about 3 a.m. Father and mother and two tired big sisters are doing fine.
Last time I had a baby I wasn’t a member of the Church and kept alive with regular cups of coffee. Any suggestions from the non-caffeinated masses […]

Get Your Bolly On

Posted on June 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 38 Comments

Three weeks ago the most respectable girls in my singles ward threw a raging, extravagant, body-undulating Bollywood party. Fake eyelashes, gallons of hair product, body polish, forty-three different layers of make-upâ€”several of the girls even went on-line and ordered gauzy saris and gaudy jewelry. Now, these girls are indisputably the faithful handmaidens of Zionâ€” future […]

Sleeping in the Temple

Posted on June 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments

We finally made it to the temple Saturday night. We decided to do that for our date night. We knew we wouldn’t have enough time for a full endowment session, so we did sealings which typically take far less time. It had been far too long since we’d made it to the […]

Monday Morning Millennial Star Question: Unconditional Love

Posted on June 27, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments

Wanting someone to improve or change seems to be, at some level, a rejection of who they now are. Is it possible to love someone perfectly, to accept, embrace and treasure them just as they are, yet want and encourage them to change?

My Daddy is an alligator wrestler!

Posted on June 24, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 21 Comments

I just got back from a trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina with my family.

Teach Me Some Doctrine

Posted on June 24, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 60 Comments

I’m a walking Mormon stereotype, really.

My friends are leaving, and Iâ€™m sad.

Posted on June 23, 2005 - Filed Under Any | 55 Comments

Well, itâ€™s that time of year again. All my friends are moving back to Utah. I usually donâ€™t get all broken up about the inevitable exodus back to Utah every summer, but this year is different.

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