God is in the Details or the Miracle of a Cat

Posted on July 5, 2009 by JA Benson

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I believe in Synchronicity. Maybe some of you do too. You know when something wonderful, exactly what you needed, drops right into your lap. Whoosh there it is! Whether the event was engineered by deceased Great Aunt Nettie serving as an angel, or the Holy Ghost ; it really does not matter because God is in the details of divine intervention.

Last May, God gave our family such a miracle. Some of you will most certainly roll your eyes when you read this post. Go right ahead. I am right there with you, why would God, with all He has to do in “bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man“, give a flying fig about such a trivial matter? But nevertheless my dear brothers and sisters, I testify to you, a cat can be a miracle.

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War in the Book of Mormon – Part 1

Posted on July 3, 2009 by guest

I had intended for another post to be Part 1, but I attended a promotion ceremony this week, and so… you get this post as Part 1 instead.

This was the first promotion ceremony I’ve attended. A guy I work with was promoted to commander, and I’m always game for a good ceremony and a bit of ritual, especially when I haven’t had a chance to see a ceremony such as this before.

There were a few short speeches by the powers that be expressing the importance of the occasion and the awesomeness of the new commander. He then took the oath of office. Though he had, of course, taken the oath long before, promotion ceremonies include a renewal of that oath. The oath, as found online (and which is the same oath all U.S. government personnel take): Continue reading →