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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Graham — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:00:57 +0000

This isn’t really Church related, but I couldn’t resist sharing it. My 4-year-old son is in Jr Kindergarten and there is currently a female student teacher working with his regular teacher. One of the YSA at Church is going to the local university to become a teacher, and we tease my 6-year-old son that she is his girlfriend (he really likes her). Anyway, my 4-year-old son and I were in the car alone the other day going to get something, and I was asking him about school and his student teacher. He spoke positively about her, and I asked if she was pretty (thinking I would tease him about a “girlfriend”, too), and he said, “No, she doesn’t wear lipstick”. I laughed out loud and asked him if a girl could only be pretty if she wore lipstick. He avoided that question, but did say that girls only wear lipstick to Church. I didn’t pursue it further, but it certainly made me wonder… do all females wear lipstick to Church? Do all the females in our ward wear lipstick? If so, does he think they are all pretty? Perhaps he is just thinking of his Mommy. My wife hardly ever wears make-up, but she does put some on for Church on Sunday. I guess since Mommy wears lipstick on Sunday, that’s what makes a girl pretty. Funny stuff!

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Juvenile Instructor series of postings

Graham — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:59:41 +0000

I was visiting with an elderly couple in our ward recently and noticed an old Juvenile Instructor lying on one of their tables. I picked it up and started to leaf through it. I commented to them that I liked looking through the old magazines. The doctrine has essentially remained the same but the way it is presented is quite different (this is as much a generational thing as it is a church thing). The woman went off and came back with a whole stake of them. I borrowed a dozen or so of them and she says she has lots more. So gradually over the coming weeks/months, I’ll post some of the more interesting things I saw.

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Official web sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v2

Graham — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:24:48 +0000

One of the most popular pages on this site is the posting a I did a while ago on the Official Web sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (note: this links to the old version). Since then, I’ve collected new links and have created a page that is linked to on every other page on the site. At the top of the site is a link called Official Web sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This is the new page. I will try to keep it up-to-date and post any changes to the blog.

For your information, as of now there are 25 different web sites or sections of web sites linked to.

If you know of any other sites that should be mentioned, please let me know…

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Welcome to Mormonopia!

Graham — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:18:38 +0000

For years now I’ve had plans to start a web site where I can post my thoughts, impressions, and links to useful Church-related material. I registered the Mormonopia name a while ago, and I’ve finally put something up. If you’re wondering about the name, here’s how I look at it:

Mormon – This is the nickname of the Church, and has been since it’s restoration. Joseph Smith taught that it means “more good”.

opia – I thought of this as part of either cornucopia or utopia. This site will have a lot of different things posted, so in a way, it is a cornucopia of items. I have no delusions of grandeur about the site, but if the site serves its purpose, then it may well be a utopia of Mormon-related items.

So, that explains it. I hope to post things regularly, and we’ll see how it goes from there.

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