Posts Tagged ‘ repentance ’

After I joined the Church and adopted a new lifestyle more compatible with the Gospel, my Mom, who was not particularly happy that I joined the Church in the first place, used to love to remind me about my behaviors prior to joining. Not in an evil, spiteful way, but a gentle reminder. If the [...]

This is the first post from our frequent commenter Howard. Joseph declared, “Mankind [is] naturally selfish, ambitious, and striving to excel one above another.”  We need look no further than the best economic system in the world to see that this is true.  Without question Capitalism is King, socialism is dead!  But why?  Because Capitalism [...]

Today’s guest poster is Molly. Back when I was in elementary school, the teachers of Utah went on strike. Now, I was only about 10 so my memories may be skewed, but I remember being told there were non-teacher substitutes (“scabs,” if you will), who were willing to come teach a few days. When they [...]

My dad is dead. He died the year before last. He lived for 68 years and he was cranky for a lot of it. When he died nobody was particularly sorry, including him. I know, because I was there. In the silence of the hospice room, after all our rushed arrangements – long days of [...]

A few days ago a friend sent me a long and specific email detailing how I had messed up. I value his opinion, so I read carefully. I had to agree with many of the points that he made. I had messed up. I began considering ways to make it right and I was back [...]

Bishop Bill, back after a long needed vacation! Just to reintroduce this section, its called “You’re the Bishop”. My name is Bishop Bill. I was Bishop for 6 years in a medium sized ward in the South West. Once every few weeks I’ll post a situation that I had while I was bishop, and let [...]