I’ve started a new blog to announce my trip to Africa this summer. As I prepare for the trip, and (more importantly) while I’m there, I’ll use it as the location to document my experiences. But I need your help. Yes, you. I’ve set a personal fundraising goal in connection with the trip, and need [...]

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In some of the comments on a previous post we began discussing the polarity we are seeing between good and evil in our day. As war escalates worldwide, the gospel continues to be preached to the four corners of the earth. As one example (of legions) of increased destruction and doom, I’ve just learned that [...]

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The New York Times reports a disturbing trend: For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results. In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent [...]

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Satan (Lucifer) is not a person I like talking about. However, I think his purpose and practices are widely misunderstood, even among Latter-day Saints. And so, prompted by this month’s First Presidency Message by James E. Faust titled “The Forces that Will Save Us” (originally printed in 1987 as “The Great Imitator”), I figured I’d [...]

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For some time I’ve been confused about the difference between something being legal and lawful. The two adjectives are so similar that they seem to be synonymous. A little googling enlightened me as to their difference. The Oxford Dictionary defines “legal” as: of, based on, or concerned with the law “Lawful” is defined thusly: conforming [...]

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I’m excited to pass on word that Congressman Ron Paul has announced he’ll be running for President in 2008. Ron Paul, the iconoclastic nine-term congressman from southeast Texas, took the first step Thursday toward launching a second presidential bid in 2008, this time as a Republican. Paul filed incorporation papers in Texas on Thursday to [...]

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One of the easiest ways to get our priorities out of their proper order is with the abundant selection of bread and circuses in our society. The term “bread and circuses” is best defined on this site as follows: In Juvenal’s time (55-127 A.D.), the Roman Republic was but a distant memory as the power [...]

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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things… I am tempted to think there are no little things. (Bruce Barton, quoted in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 287) …by small and simple things are great things brought to pass… (Alma 37:6) Life is so much easier when large tasks [...]

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This year, Congress will be evaluating whether or not the No Child Left Behind Act should be renewed, as the Act comes to the end of its five-year term. What progress has this ludicrous legislation achieved? For starters, 4 out of 5 schools aren’t achieving the standards it mandates. Now there’s progress! What’s more ridiculous [...]

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Missionaries—be they full-time or ordinary members—are those who take an active part in the conversion process of others. While the conversion process is facilitated by the Holy Ghost, those introducing and teaching the gospel to the investigator are a key factor in the process. This exchange doesn’t sit will with everybody. On some occasions, a [...]

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A common argument among anti-mormons is that we Latter-day Saints must not know (or fully believe) our doctrine since we cannot defend each facet of it. They claim this fact since most Latter-day Saints will, rather than debate them on each point they wish to raise, abstain from arguing and ignore the would-be rhetorician. What [...]

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