It wasn’t until I saw a posting from LDS.About.com that I remembered that there will be a new apostle called at the upcoming General Conference. Hmmm… where are all the posts asking for predictions? I don’t have any predictions myself. I have no idea whom the Lord will choose, but trust that it will indeed [...]

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We received a memo from the First Presidency in January saying that there was going to be some new welfare training material arriving soon. The memo instructed stake presidents to gather applicable leaders in the stake and to review the material. Well, the materials arrived, and on Sunday afternoon I headed to the stake centre [...]

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I have to be honest, when I first heard that Big Love was going to show parts of the temple endowment ceremony, I didn’t get very upset. It was going to happen sooner or later in some main stream movie or TV show. As others have commented, the information is all out there anyway. Out [...]

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Back in January I posted an ad for Temple Square that a co-worker had given me out of a travel trade magazine. At the time I asked why the Church does this… money? converts? Well, now there are reports that Temple Square is the 16th most-visited attraction in the United States. That’s very impressive and [...]

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Inspired by my son’s drawing on Monday night, I’ve been thinking about the phrase “follow the prophet”. Generally I’m one of those people that think that too many members blindly follow. The current President of the Church is “talked up” so much that they seem infallible (even though the Church doesn’t officially teach that). I [...]

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I really like this Blog Segullah posting where someone is talking about bearing testimony. They comment on how our testimonies should be short and focus on a few main points of the gospel (Joseph Smith was a prophet, the Book of Mormon is true, President Monson is a prophet, etc) and says, “I’m not sure [...]

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My wife led the Family Home Evening lesson last night and we talked about Church music. She asked us all to draw a picture of our favourite hymn or Primary song and we would all try to guess it. The one who guessed it right got to sing the song. Here are our drawings. See [...]

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This is a Frank & Ernest cartoon from Friday: View the Genealogy category to see the other cartoons…

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This article was in the National Post today. “These results suggest that religious conviction provides a framework for understanding and acting within one’s environment, thereby acting as a buffer against anxiety and minimizing the experience of error,” said the study published in the journal Psychological Science. Those with the deepest religious belief were more likely [...]

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Obviously the Church produces some fantastic material that is used as part of the regular Church curriculum. However, they also have a lot of “other” material that is equally impressive, that many members might not know about. Obviously the Church does a great job on their web sites. I’ve also enjoyed the Institute manuals. But [...]

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