Religious

  • Why Being Charitable Matters

    Posted: 31 January 2010 at 9:34 p.m.

    At Church I heard a talk that got me thinking.  Giving of ourselves whether it be time, talents, money, or other ways for others is indeed an important part of our religion.  I wanted to find out how we as are  doing.

    I learned that Americans donate more than twice ...

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  • Gold And Me

    Posted: 1 March 2009 at 5:01 p.m.

    I was reading in the scriptures today and came across this verse in 1 Peter  1:7.  I wondered a little bit about refining gold, so I did some research.  Here are some parallels that I have learned about gold and ourselves, moreso for us to become "gold-like" to the ...

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  • "Gingerbread" Nativities

    Posted: 8 December 2008 at 10:07 p.m.

    Tonight we decided to make gingerbread houses for Family Home Evening.  We invited the Perkins to our home and join us.  We had a lot of fun.  We decided to make our gingerbread houses around a Christmas theme, so we both ended up doing a nativity scene.  It was a ...

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  • To Bies, Daan & Emilie in Amsterdam

    Posted: 16 November 2008 at 9:27 p.m.

    A very unusual thing happened to us last week.  I received the following e-mail out of the blue, and didn't know what to think:

    You don’t know me, but I came across your site/blog through Google. My name is Bies Vermeulen and I live in Amsterdam, the ...

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  • General Conference Season

    Posted: 27 September 2008 at 9:27 p.m.

    Emily just got back from the Relief Society broadcast for General Conference.  I love this time of year, as it is very refreshing to hear from our church leaders.

     

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  • Visiting Teaching

    Posted: 15 August 2008 at 2:23 p.m.

    I love visiting teaching.  I love the program.  I love my visiting teaching partner.  I love the sisters that visit me and that I get to visit.  In fact every time I go visiting teaching, I come out a much better person.  I feel like the message and visit that ...

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