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A BOOK OF MORMON CHRISTMAS
This last year for the month of December we thought we would do something totally different for our “non-commercialized” Christmas. Non-commercialized for us means, no tree, forced gifts, hung stockings, and cheesy parties. Rather it has become a time to reflect on the ministry of servitude as both messiahs — Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ — had taught. This year, however, I had wanted to experience the spirit in a greater abundance. In the last few months, it felt as though deep darkness was hovering over my home as relationships were under attack, contention with our fellow men was on the rise, and more distractions were diverting us than normal.…
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HOLDING FAMILY DEVOTIONALS: NO MORE BARKIN’ AT A KNOT
I have never truly understood an old western showdown. Television always would show two villains standing in the wide-open dusty street outside of an old saloon. Off in the distance, you would see a sheriff wearing a tin star, cowboy hats, spurs, and with his six-shooter attached to his side. Running onto the scene would be someone with a stick who would draw a line in the sand defining the two opposing sides. The two cowboys then with their “5 beans in the wheel” (bullets in the chambers) would stare each other down waiting for the other to flinch in lifting his gun to shoot. With cowboys, there is no…