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The movies I enjoy the most are the ones where you forget that you’re sitting in the theater. You become so enveloped by the plot that you’re seemingly sucked into the events that transpire around you. [...]
I gave the following talk in another ward today:
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In our technologically-enhanced world, the entertainment industry has thrived in all its forms. TV, movies, video games, the internet, and more, all serve as vehicles through which money is to be made by those who wish to entertain. Our society has willingly gone [...]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints boasts an efficient and resourceful humanitarian aid arm that oversees the Church’s efforts to help God’s children throughout the world. Created initially as the BYU Destiny Fund at Brigham Young University in 1955, LDS Philanthropies has become a major player in world relief efforts.
The director of [...]
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If there’s one pattern that noticeably jumps out at the studious scriptorian, it’s the repeating pattern of bondage and freedom which God’s children have experienced. Over and over again we read stories of how civilizations ebbed and flowed between these two ends of the spectrum. In an attempt to liken the scriptures [...]
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Americans in recent weeks have added a new word to their political vocabulary: bailout. They may have known this word before, but recent examples have assuredly serve to inculcate its meaning in their mind.
Bailouts themselves are not bad; if a company is in financial trouble, it becomes a prime opportunity [...]
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You’re at a grocery store, shopping for items for your upcoming family picnic. You stroll through the aisle with chips and cookies, and grab a nice, big bag of Lays potato chips. The bloated bag feels like it contains enough snackage to feed your family with some left over for lunches [...]
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The Sutherland Institute hosted a blogger breakfast this morning and invited Spanish Fork Mayor Joe Thomas to speak about his experience in government and some of the challenges he has seen during his time in office. Mayor Thomas’ remarks highlighted several struggles he has had in combating inertia in government.
The problems that [...]
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During the 2006 Christmas break, my family and I put together a couple of quilts for orphans in Africa. One of my brothers had recently helped make a bunch of quilts to send to Africa for his Eagle Scout project, and another had put together easels for African schools for his project. [...]
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It has become common in our country to wish others a “Happy fourth of July” on and around this historic day. This salutation obfuscates the importance of the day, thus equating it with any random “Happy seventeenth of February” or something similar. No longer do the majority of people say [...]
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