In the choir I sing with we will be performing an oratorio entitled "Messiah in America" this spring. In general, I'm not a fan of oratorios, but I've had to listen to this one quite a bit to familiarize myself with it, and I've got to say, it's growing on me. If any of you happen to be in...
This is the second (and probably last) round in the caucus. Go ahead and vote for your favorite candidate. At 12:00PM MST (2:00PM EST, 7:00PM GMT) the polling will close, which really just means that I'll check the results and act accordingly. Anyone with 35% or more of the vote will move on to...
It's here! Caucus day!
This is the first in (probably) several rounds in the caucus. Go ahead and vote for your favorite candidate. At 10:00AM MST (12:00PM EST, 5:00PM GMT) the polling will close, which really just means that I'll check the results and act accordingly. Anyone with 12% or more...
Are there any songs you are specifically wanting to see kept or gone from the new Hymn Book?
Looking at the spreadsheet I kept when I was in charge of choosing the Sacrament Meeting music (yes, I kept a spreadsheet and I'm not ashamed), in 2 1/2 years there were more than half (187 out of...
A while back I got to wondering about the 16 Million or so number that keeps getting quoted as the worldwide membership of the church. I understand where it comes from, but it seems a bit misleading.
On my mission it was, quite frankly, fairly easy to baptize people. Getting them to stick...
I haven't posted in here for several years, and probably won't start posting regularly again, but...
Help me out with something:
I had an epiphany a while back that Trump is basically King Noah. I'd like to explore that a bit with you. I'm not talking about the whole Abinadi affair - our...
The 'socialist' thread got into some anecdotes, and I thought it would be helpful if we could go ahead and catalogue all of our anecdotes. We'll use the following categories:
"rags to riches" (better off than where you started)
"riches to rags" (worse off than when you started)
"rags to rags"...
In Alma's comparison of the Word of God to a seed that you plant in your heart (see Alma 32) he mentions the need, after the seed has done it's work of sprouting and starting to grow, for us to take the effort to nourish the seed, or it has a good chance it will shrivel and die.
I think that...
The other day I went out with the missionaries and we were talking to a family from Ethiopia. The dad and mom don't speak English - they speak some Ethiopian dialect, but their kids do (the oldest son at home is about 14ish), so the son was translating for the parents (I have no idea how well...
Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama
Particularly humorous that they are going to air a show called "Lie to Me" instead of showing the president ;)
Note: this is Fox, not Fox news. Feel free to discuss any aspect of this you want, but don't drag this into a "Fox News is Stupid"...
I'm curious if you have noticed any articles in the Ensign (or other church magazine) by people you know. (If you know an apostle that doesn't count - I'm thinking more along the lines of what would be found in the "Latter-day Saint Voices" section.
I know of 3 - all of them written by people...
A friend of mine has a theory about LDS leadership. He claims that there are two "tracks" to higher (High Priest like) leadership positions: the Elder's Quorum track and the Young Mens track. You very seldom see someone switch tracks.
I'm curious about your observations of this. I think my...
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Well, I finished the book. It was pretty good. He made some logical leaps that I'm not sure I follow, but a lot of that probably comes from things that he figures Nibley already covered, and since I haven't read much Nibley...
Anyway, he puts together a pretty good argument for the geography...
Clinton: $5,000 for Every U.S. Baby
Of course, this wouldn't "get back to the tradition of saving", it would just increase government spending. Actually, it might introduce an incentive to everyone else to save less, as the government would be doing it for them.