Last week I was browsing through the LDS bookstores, shopping for Christmas presents. I ended up going over to the Beehive Clothing/Distribution Center a few blocks away to get the exact same items for 25%-40% less than the LDS Retailer’s supposed 30% sale price. It baffles me that LDS Retailers would take advantage of their [...]
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 [...]
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long [...]
The following should in no way be considered doctrine, but is my own personal experience and notes from the meeting. What is in quotations is verbatim what the speaker(s) said. This Sunday the stakes of Arizona have been blessed to have a regional conference with Bruce C. Hafen of the Seventy, Sister Margaret Lifferth in [...]
Agency is a God-given right for us to make our own choices, and agency is an essential part of the Plan of Salvation. We exercised our agency in the pre-mortal existance to follow Christ’s plan to come to earth (a third of the host of heaven chose a different path). Remember that it was Satan’s [...]
Recently came across a wonderful website by an LDS author, Susan Noyes Anderson. She has on her website, www.susannoyesandersonpoems.com, over 100 of her poems that you can read. Many different categories such as spiritual, general, humorous, and children’s poetry. This can be a good resource for lessons, talks, and other fun activities. Susan Noyes Anderson [...]
Recently, Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen tried to compare Barack Obama to Jesus Christ and suggested Sarah Palin is comared to Pontius Pilate. This Tennesse Democrat (who supports Obama), offered the comparison, “If you want change, you want the Democratic Party,” Cohen said. “Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. [...]
A new website launched this week, MormonConferences.org, keeps track of all the major public events in Mormon Studies and lists them all on one calendar. What a great place to go for those looking for events. This is the one stop shop to be informed of many societies, associations, academic conferences, and more. Some examples [...]
The Church launched an upgraded version of its online meetinghouse locator on August 20, 2008, that can be accessed directly at maps.lds.org. Some Key Points of the new meetinghouse locator: More precise directions to chapels located in the United States and internationally. Ability to zoom in or out and drag the map around Road, satellite, [...]
As the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for my ward, I am appalled that less than 10% of our ward members have a one year supply of food storage. Worst yet, those that do have food storage (even if only 3 months or 6 months) may not know how to use it when the need arises. A [...]
