I learned that I have just enough time to drive home after sacrament, eat something, throw meat on the smoker and be back just in time for priesthood.
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"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf -
I learned this long ago. However, i must live closer to the church than you, as I have time to watch about 25 mins of golf, also.Originally posted by Moliere View PostPrepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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I learned, actually remembered, that the testimony meeting right after youth conference is equal parts hilarious and annoying.Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”Comment
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We got a similar question today ("have any of you been persecuted?"). A young couple related how when they got married they decided that they were going to maintain a certain level of righteous in their marriage and when they get together with their active LDS friends their friends sometimes act surprised with some of the standards and rules they have set.Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
Oh, the humanity."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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We should pay tithing on gross."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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The SP and his 1st Counselor were on the stand for our open mic Sunday. The parade of Melch PH to the mic was truly something to behold. Seriously, the primary kids couldn't get a word in edgewise.Last edited by Donuthole; 06-03-2012, 07:25 PM.Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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That's great stuff. "higher standards than the averagely active LDS" is about as righteous as one can get.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
I guess Mauss was right about setting up extra rules in order to feel exclusive."More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
-- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)Comment
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Yes, it's the kind of thinking that results in people wearing their "church clothes" all day long on Sundays, and looking down on those who do otherwise.Originally posted by Solon View Post“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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Why did you put the bolded in quotes?Originally posted by Solon View PostI'm like LeBron James.
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A few days ago my wife was traveling with friend and a surburban full of 10 year old girls. The girls were watching a DVD while the two adults were up front. The movie was playing on the surburban speakers so everyone could hear.Originally posted by Solon View Post
At one point, my wife's friend heard something she didn't care for, so she paused her conversation with my wife and turned to the girls in back and asked them if the movie they were watching was appropriate. She then lectured them on making good media choices.
The movie they were watching: Madasgascar.
Damn hedonistic lemurs!"I'm going to go back to CUF now, where the censorship is less, the average IQ is higher, and we don't have to deal with so much of this nonsense. Goodbye." - SoonerCougComment
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Yep. And she raised her hand again to let us know that even though the persecution was difficult, she felt that they had been blessed in many ways for their extra measure of righteousness.Originally posted by Solon View Post"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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Makes you wonder what extra blessings she is receiving right now because of the persecution she is suffering on this board.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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My boys wear their church clothes all day long on Sunday by choice. Changing takes extra effort.Originally posted by LA Ute View PostGive 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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I shed upon entering my abode. Anything "long" sleeved, legged, or johns is shelved, hung up, or put in the clothes hamper.Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
Man was born naked, and minimally clothed is the best state for vim and vigor, what Benjamin Franklin called "air bathing.""Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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I do that myself quite often, especially if I have lots of meetings. I don't think it makes me more righteous, though, and I doubt your boys do either!Originally posted by myboynoah View Post“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-ExuperyComment
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