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I have been listening to orchestral soundtracks of movies for the past three decades. Composers such as James Horner, Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, James Newton Howard, Jerry Goldsmith, and Randy Edelman have all made masterpiece compositions that are both motivating and inspiring. I recently stumbled across the music of more recent composer via [...]
We do not have cable television in our home; we canceled cable a year ago. We only get local channels, so rarely do we watch the popular cable TV shows. Besides, it is a “waste of time.” As Elder Uchtdorf said, “The nonessential things that take up time should be discarded, bad habits changed.” After [...]
A Stranger in Town A few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into [...]
We had a Family Home Evening consisting of a lesson derived from Elder Ballard’s talk about the Effects of Television. The media’s influence in our lives become more and more damaging every day. You can read his general conference talk from nearly 20 years ago (available on the LDS Gospel Library website) and see how [...]
