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Archive for April, 2007

My Heavy Boat

I expect that most, if not all of you are familiar with Richard Dutcher’s departing words regarding his decision to leave the Church.  He describes his situation by drawing the following metaphor:
Buddha once compared his teaching to a boat that helps us cross a river.

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D&C 38:30 “…but if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”
As is customary in most LDS wards, on any fifth Sunday of the month there is a combined lesson with the Priesthood and Relief Society. I think this is highly appropriate, as it provides the dear sisters with an example of pure priesthood […]

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Cafeteria Mormons

Here is a bit of Mormon folklore for you all. I have seen this idea floating around in many Mormon blogs that the ordinances and doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are like varieties of dishes served at a buffet; that some Mormons are justified – and in some […]

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Broken Faith Re-Healed

I would like to recall an event that happened in my mission just before I arrived, a few months before I became AP. As those of you who have righteously served the Lord may be all too painfully aware, not every missionary in the field is serving for the right reasons. This […]

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On my mission, before I became AP, my first companion shared his patriarchal blessing with me. It was laying on his desk next to his scriptures during morning study. Instead of waking him, I decided I should just read it. What it said changed my life. It said that the […]

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