The problem with Romney….
Posted on January 29, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 66 Comments
Well, I have (defended isn’t the right word - how to put it?) suggested possible ways to view Romney’s shifting political views in a more charitable light. Mainly, this was because I was offended by the knee-jerk partisan attacking that didn’t do much beyond view Romney’s rhetoric in the most uncharitable and worst possible […]
Read More..>>The Lord’s Prayer
Posted on January 29, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 26 Comments
Long ago, when I was on my mission, my companion and I attended a funeral. The specific denomination has been lost to time, but it was a Protestant Christian church. At one point in the service, the congregation stood and recited the Lord’s Prayer. I joined in. My companion stood, but she didn’t […]
Read More..>>Improving Gospel Teaching, Part 6: Philosophies in Lesson Preparation
Posted on January 27, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 1 Comment
[Part 6 in a series about improving gospel teaching. Previous entries in the series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5]
From Doctrine & Covenants:
And now, behold, I give unto you a commandment, that when ye are assembled together ye shall instruct and edify each other, that ye […]
Go, fight, win!
Posted on January 23, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments
Once in a lifetime, a special teacher comes along and has a positive and tremendous impact for good on the lives of her students. Deanna Sauerbrunn was such a teacher for her students at Taylor Junior High in Mesa, Arizona.
For the record, Mrs. Sauerbrunn taught band at Taylor. Informally, she taught her students to love […]
Improving Gospel Teaching, Part 5: How To Be Great
Posted on January 22, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments
[Part 5 in a series about improving gospel teaching. Previous entries in the series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4]
Defining what makes a teacher ‘great’–as opposed to being merely ‘good’–is a very difficult proposition. “Good” teachers are usually easy to tell apart from “poor” teachers–but what makes a […]
Proximity to the Temples of North America, Central America, Hawaii, and the Caribbean
Posted on January 21, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 10 Comments
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Higher Education for Average People
Posted on January 19, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 29 Comments
Charles Murray, author of The Bell Curve, wrote a set of spot-on essays that appeared this week in the Wall Street Journal on the topics of education for people of below average, average, and above average intelligence. All are important topics, but his points on the appropriateness of higher education for people of average […]
Read More..>>A follow-up to the Dutcher discussion: actors who maintain LDS standards
Posted on January 18, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments
Given all the discussion on LDS film director Richard Dutcher, I thought this story was interesting. To sum up: the story discusses LDS actors and how they maintain the Church’s standards in a sometimes decadent industry. Jon Heder is quoted as saying he told a director once that the scene had to […]
Read More..>>We Link, you decide - Mormon political update.
Posted on January 18, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 22 Comments
FWIW. Much of this may be more hype than reality. But you never know. We link, you decide. (and discuss, we hope).
1. Harry Reid introduces bill to register Bloggers as political activists. (HT: Instapundit). Or not. My eyes glaze over whenever I try to read this legislation stuff. […]
A forty-day fast for missionary work
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
My junior companion kept coming up with excuses why he didn’t talk to the people he passed on the street. “He’s not looking at me.” “He looked busy.” “He was looking at his watch.” As a missionary in Tokyo, if you wanted to talk to men, you didn’t knock on doors, […]
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