Book of Mormon stories: As told by my son
Posted on November 26, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 8 Comments
Before my son goes to bed at night, he and I enjoy reading from the book My First Book of Mormon Stories.
Of course, my son has his own ideas on how the stories should be told.
God speed, Shevy
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 5 Comments
Wearing a neatly pressed police uniform designed just for his 4′2" frame, Officer Shevy Wright, 9-years old, lived out his dream of becoming a police officer…if only for a day.
Shevy Wright became Chandler, Arizona’s youngest police officer after Chief Sherry Kiyler learned of a dying boy’s dream to become a police officer.
He had been diagnosed […]
Mormonism in Africa as Reported by a Washington Newspaper
Posted on November 19, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 8 Comments
Appearing on the front page below the fold in today’s Washington Post is an article from Lagos, Nigeria written by Mary Jordan the Post’s London co-bureau chief. “The New Face of Global Mormonism:
Tech-Savvy Missionary Church Thrives as Far Afield as Africa” occupies 14 column-inches in the lower-right corner of page A1 and then takes […]
The poor among us
Posted on November 19, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 14 Comments
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to
the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be
considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the
father asked […]
Today’s service project
Posted on November 15, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 2 Comments
Please help this brave young woman, a convert to the Church who is being rejected by her own family, feel the love of Christ. Look at the comments. The anti-Mormons are out in force trying to destroy this woman’s faith. Show her some support and love. (HT: BCC)
Read More..>>Silence is golden
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 16 Comments
Sometimes the best response to criticism against the Church is silence.
Read More..>>Julia Roberts, sounding like a Mormon mom
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 37 Comments
Julia Roberts almost sounds like she just got out of Relief Society. Having given birth to three kids, Roberts says:
“My dream is to be a highly fulfilled and productive stay-at-home mom and wife,” the Oscar-winning actress tells Vanity Fair magazine. “The highest high would be growing our food that I then make, and then […]
Orem girl can eat only five foods
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 13 Comments
This post is a call for help for the Zundel family in Orem. The Zundels are Church members and close friends of my family. You can read the tragic story of the Zundels’ daughter Ashley, who can only eat rice, rice milk, turkey, potatoes and apple juice, here. Tammy Zundel is looking […]
Read More..>>The Most Comforting Doctrine
Posted on November 9, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
The Prophet Joseph Smith declared—and he never taught more comforting doctrine—that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon […]
Read More..>>Why is this OK?
Posted on November 7, 2007 - Filed Under Any | 27 Comments
A Fox News report on Mitt Romney’s surge in South Carolina is introduced this way:
CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was almost unthinkable months ago that Mitt Romney, a Mormon from Massachusetts, had a chance in South Carolina, the buckle of the Bible Belt. But with a relentless focus on family values, […]
