Mormon ‘idol’ being crowned – Late last summer, after David Archuleta and Brooke White made it to the finals of the 2008 “American Idol” competition, Bob Wood began to wonder just how many other singers raised in the LDS culture…
The new YW value
Stake Conference was today. I am trying to find Christ-like things to say about it, but it’s pretty difficult, actually. Two of the talks were very good, 5 were okay, and two were downright bad. I did laugh out loud…
Emma Smith Garden Party
I have translated into Spanish the play for Relief Society “Emma’s Smith Garden Party” I just want to offer it to anyone who’s interested. Just email me at [email protected] and I’ll send it to you. It took me a long…
HBO apologizes to LDS; will still air offending episode
HBO apologizes to LDS; will still air offending episode – Cable television network HBO on Tuesday defended its plans to depict a sacred Mormon temple ceremony in an upcoming episode of “Big Love.” [Deseret News LDS Feed] hm.
Bad Economy…..
I think something is wrong with me. All everyone talks about is the horrible economy, and that it’s going to get worse and worse…. This is why it is advised that you start saving early for kids to protect their…
What have you read? I got 41
The BBC apparently says most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. (That seems ridiculous to me…. Anyway.)http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml Instructions: [Copy and paste into a new note on your profile.] 1) Look at the list and put…
Importance of a personal testimony
“Importance of a personal testimony” is the topic of the RS portion of our Ward Conference tomorrow. The Stake RS President has asked me and my Education counselor to speak for 10 minutes on the topic. Whoa. Who knew it…
I really am stopping
I am stopping for the day, but it’s so hard to cease and desist when you’re getting so much done! First, I got the changes made on the basement blueprints to take the county. They were immediately approved, and we…
Awesome Lesson
Jillyne gave an excellent lesson from the Joseph Smith manual during Relief Society on Sunday. The topic was personal apostasy, and she likened it to the story of Lehi’s vision in the Book of Mormon. She brought out a couple…
Productivity
Ah — the sweet relief of feeling productive….. Today I cleaned outside, put shelves in the closet and used my Narwal Robotic and Mop Vacuum to clean the rest of the house, updated pricing for Crowning Jewel, paid Specialties, emailed…