Different persons will give a different answer as to what is the greatest achievement in a person’s life. If I were a long distance runner winning a marathon might be my answer. Many would say to marry a good person whom you love and raise several children who grow to be good citizens who contribute…
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On The Charitable Person
On a less charitable note, Sargent Tarzy told the following story “ On a street corner in downtown Manhattan, an old woman had a cardboard booth where she sold pretzels for 25 cents each. Everyday a well-dressed young man would hurry by and toss a quarter into her cup without taking a pretzel. One day,…
On The Most Important Message
In leading up to the ‘most important event,’ I will first lay the groundwork. In laying the groundwork, we have to go back in history and become acquainted with, and understand what Moses’ final advice and warning was to the children of Israel before they crossed over the river Jordan and into the promised land….
On Destiny Of The Church Jesus Christ
As a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as (LDS), a little over sixty years ago, I was very impressed with the personal spiritual and progressive oriented doctrine, the organization and most importantly with the spirit displayed by the LDS people. Obviously, there have been many others that…
On Intuition or Intelligence
I have never thought in my mind that I had above average intelligence, even though I have accomplished some fairly significant things, things both practical and things intellectual. Intelligence is the process of deducing something through both intrinsic and extrinsic (outside) means. In saying that I don’t believe that I have ever felt the opposite…
On The Seven Deadly Sins
This very day, the day that I am writing this thought, is the Fourth of July, 2015. It is approximately 239 years from the time we officially declared our independence from British rule in the United States. As I was collecting my thoughts, jets flew over our town from a nearby Air Force base. That…
On Change
It has been said that “change is inevitable.” Kathy Hall stated that “Change never hurt anyone except when it was thrown from the Empire State Building.” Looking back at my life, it would appear that I have believed that and, in fact, it has been a catalyst for change most all of my life. My…
On Bad Guys In the Bible
There have always been bad guys, and there always will be bad guys, and if we were to carefully evaluate each of our lives, we may bring to remembrance a time when we might have qualified as a bad guy ourselves. Bad guys were probably not always bad guys or were not considered bad guys…
On Satan’s Latest Tools
Several years ago some kind of Christian coalition came up with the idea that by modifying the scriptures so that they would read as modern text that they would be easier to read and better understood. Their declared purpose was to encourage more youth to read and understand the scriptures. These modern scriptures would replace…
On Testimonies
Gordon B. Hinckley said; “Let us establish in our lives the habit of reading those things which will strengthen our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. He is the pivotal figure of our theology and our faith. Every Latter-day Saint has the responsibility to know for himself or herself with…