I was present at the organizing of the first Stake in Manchester England when I was on my mission. Seeing the chart and the growth of the church since that time makes one feel humble and great-full to be a member of the church. I marvel when I think back on my heritage of being born in England and immigrating to Salt Lake to be able to do Temple work for a sister that had passed on early in her life. Now because of the growth and the Temple building project all people are getting a chance for all the benefits of the Gospel.
In February, 2008, noted religious author Karen Armstrong was awarded the TED Prize, and her wish for the world was to gather a council of Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and other spiritual leaders to draw up a “Charter for Compassion.” Today, the Charter for Compassion web site was unveiled. It’s worth a look. It also appears that [...]
from Bill of Wasilla, who writes: Dad is the man who lies in this flag-draped coffin. I will not say too much about him for now, except that he was a good father and that, thanks to him, and many more like him, most of them gone now, the evil dream of a man named Hitler died in flames and blood. We buried Dad on June 2, 2007. He died on Memorial Day. […]
A new issue of The Mormon Review is available, with Russell Arben Fox’s review of Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford. The article is available at: Russell Arben Fox, “Getting Your Hands Dirty: Notes on How Mormons (and Everyone) Should Work,” The Mormon Review, vol.1 no. 8 [...]
Each anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is a bit embarrassing for me. Everyone is supposed to remember where they were when the Wall came down, but I don’t. Thousands of East Germans came streaming into the West, and I didn’t notice. I didn’t realize anything had happened until two weeks later, when [...]
Kaimi put up a sidebar link to a NYT piece on parenting. It had an interesting quote: “Fathers tend to do things differently, Dr. Kyle Pruett said, but not in ways that are worse for the children. Fathers do not mother, they father.” It goes on to give a few examples of ways fathers interact differently [...]
Let me begin by saying that I not only believe in the historicity of The Book of Mormon, I feel a deep and passionate commitment to our narrative. But this is a point on which I think Mormon historicitists, believers in a divine or human fiction, or any other type of good Mormon ought to [...]
For over a year I’ve wanted to write a substantive post about the contradiction between two of the best-known biblical injunctions, “let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth” and “let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works.” My thought was to approach the issue [...]
The trial court in Reynolds v. United States gave the following jury charge, which the Supreme Court later found was proper and not inflammatory. I think it not improper, in the discharge of your duties in this case, that you should consider what are to be the consequences to the innocent victims of this [...]
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G Stubbs // April 29, 2008 at 7:48 am |
I was present at the organizing of the first Stake in Manchester England when I was on my mission. Seeing the chart and the growth of the church since that time makes one feel humble and great-full to be a member of the church. I marvel when I think back on my heritage of being born in England and immigrating to Salt Lake to be able to do Temple work for a sister that had passed on early in her life. Now because of the growth and the Temple building project all people are getting a chance for all the benefits of the Gospel.
jushil // June 25, 2008 at 3:31 pm |
man pretty soon Africa is going to be lit up like a Christmas Tree
Camilla // March 20, 2009 at 1:59 pm |
Thak you so much for this post. I am a brazilian member of the Church of Jesus Christ and I´m so happy and blessed to this.
Be happy, ever..