How to Give a Great Sacrament Meeting Talk - Part 1 of 5: Invention.
Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under Any, In real life, Sacrament meeting | 6 Comments
(Apologies for this being a day late. My Internet connection was down for a large chunk of time yesterday).
Invention, in the simplest definition, is coming up with the material to discuss – your topic, your thesis, etc. This is easy, right? After all, the bishop (or stake president, or whoever) assigns you […]
How to Give a Great Sacrament Meeting Talk - Part 0 of 5 (Introduction)
Posted on May 25, 2008 - Filed Under Any, General, In real life, Sacrament meeting | 21 Comments
How can Aristotle and St. Augustine help you give a better sacrament meeting talk? The answer is rhetoric.
Read More..>>Catholics, Genealogy and Baptism for the Dead
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under In real life | 8 Comments
There was an interesting show today on Radio West. (The MP3 should be up later today) It was on last month’s reaction by the Vatican regarding baptism for the dead. As you may know the Vatican sent a letter to all dioceses telling them to not give parish records to the Church […]
Read More..>>Archuleta as Missionary
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under In real life | 29 Comments
Some will say I’m crazy for saying this, but I felt the Spirit tonight as David Archuleta sang. I did. It made me cry, which is seldom. I felt it. I can’t help but think that he was singing about the kingdom of God on earth as he so phenomenally vocalized:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if […]
The peace of a priesthood blessing
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under General | 7 Comments
My life is currently in a bit of an upheaval, with quite a bit of uncertainty and frustration and anxiety. (Believe it or not, it involves aliens from outer space and the CIA. Never let it be said that when my life blows up in my face, it isn’t interesting. If we meet in person […]
Read More..>>Non-Mormon Mormon movie: “Prince Caspian”
Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under General | 6 Comments
I took my wife and three oldest kids to go see “Prince Caspian” over the weekend. On the way back home, my wife said, “wow, that was like a Mormon movie.” And my kids nodded their heads.
How, you may ask? Well, for Family Home Evening we counted the ways.
Supporting the Church’s position on same-sex marriage
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under General | 79 Comments
As some readers may know, the Church acted quickly yesterday to express its disappointment about the California’s Supreme Court’s imposition of same-sex marriage on the state (despite a 2000 initiative against SSM that passed overwhelmingly). There are very few public issues on which the Church has taken such a clear public stand, and in […]
Read More..>>Most and Least Marriage-Indifferent States
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under General | 8 Comments
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Flaxen cords
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under General | 20 Comments
Given the California Supreme Court’s decision in favor of same-sex marriage on Thursday, it might be a good time to remind readers of what the Church’s position is on this issue. If you go to the Church web site, one of the few issues on which the Church has taken a strong public stand is […]
Read More..>>For shame? Jazz play first home Sunday game since 2001
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under General | 4 Comments
Larry Miller wasn’t there, nor were a lot of other fans. But enough people were there Sunday for the Utah Jazz to beat the Lakers. Here’s what the Times had to say about the Sunday game:
Larry Miller, the Jazz’s owner, was one of the day’s no-shows, giving up his courtside seats because he […]
