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Originally posted by dabrockster
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If I "hung out in the Foyer" more often, I'd probably have to Have a chat with my bishop."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 -
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Originally posted by Surfah View Post
Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.Comment
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So, I was released just now, and the first counselor,after the "vote of thanks," said, and i quote, "brother Williams it pains me to do that, but the lord calls who he calls.". That was a first for me from the stand."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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Very cool that he gave you a shout out from the pulpit. He obviously knows how much you liked your calling.Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post"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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Are you sure he wasn't referring to the new calling.Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
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Cougarboard if blocked on the Church wifi.
CUF is not.
"Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."
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My wife didn't like it. I thought it was nice. The youth were upset. One kid said that if I wasn't the teacher he wasn't coming back to church, and he got in his car and left. A couple of parents who've never said two words to me thanked me for being a "young and hip" teacher who related well to the kids--asking if I can do firesides from time to time. While I'm neither young nor hip, I did relate well to them because I was honest. If they asked me what I thought about something, I told them, at an appropriate level, what I really felt. I also didn't tolerate canned answers. We all got through the Pauline Epistles tedium together, and I was glad that my last lesson was James. pelagius asked the question somewhere if we were a "Jamesian" church, and I thank heavens that we're not a Pauline church.Originally posted by Moliere View Post
Yes, I'm sure. They don't have anyone to take my place, so the bishopric's going to teach it through the end of the year and beyond until they feel there's someone right for the job.Originally posted by Clark Addison View PostAre you sure he wasn't referring to the new calling."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 learned that we have 12 billion people on the planet now and the reason we have a population explosion is because all anybody wants to talk about now is sex, sex, sex.
This old guy says stuff like this so much that we all just nod and let him ramble. At least this one made me chuckle."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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Really interesting EQ lesson intro today:
"I have participated in over 40 baby blessings in my lifetime. By show of hands, lets see if anyone here has participated in more"
Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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But how many people in the room participated in three on the same day?Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostReally interesting EQ lesson intro today:
"I have participated in over 40 baby blessings in my lifetime. By show of hands, lets see if anyone here has participated in more"
What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
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Originally posted by marsupial View Post
Ha, I didn't think of that! I haven't done anywhere near 40 baby blessings, though.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Our SP spoke today...
He covered the Salamander Letter and Mark Hoffman.
Many members of the Church left when they found out GBH bought the documents and put them in the Church Archives. But without him being "inspired" to buy those documents...the FBI would never have been able to crack the case.
Too many members of the Church were weak.
Then...
It is like today with Prop. 8. Members of the Church are weak and leaving because they don't have the faith to stand with the Lord.
He just wishes these people could be patient to find out why...
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It was a doozy of a meeting. Sparking lots of discussions by about 75 people who have never heard of either the Salamander Letters or Mark Hoffman. I have a feeling this talk will have done more harm than good.Comment
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Originally posted by The_Tick View Post
Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
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I snapped a couple quick pics of the Lost & Found at our chapel today:
It's a bit blurry, but "The Pause" is subtitled "Positive Approaches to Menopause".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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