Category: Journal
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Cars (again)
We took the van in today to see about fixing the power steering—we ended up with $2800 of repairs. Before the day was over my car stopped unexpectedly and has an unhappy message after it started again—that will likely be a few hundred more. This is exactly why I need a little more income: to…
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No authority
Once again we got word about the kids gravitating toward trashy content on YouTube (to put it nicely). I responded by taking all their computers and we got to listen to Enoch arguing about how our boundaries are stupid and we’re just being touchy. The kids argued that “it was all in the past” and…
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Watching for revelation
I think I was given the content for teacher council next week by listening and taking notes at teacher council this week. I was listening to the totally organic discussion and hearing things that I knew could be useful for some of the teachers who should be in the council next week. As I took…
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An insight on Eve
In the temple this morning the thought struck me that Eve didn’t offer Adam the fruit because Satan wanted her to, it was because she already realized then the fact which later convinced Adam to partake. She offered Adam the fruit because she knew that she would have to leave Eden and that Adam would…
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Understanding the Fall
It’s been a while since I’ve had as profound a doctrinal insight during scripture study as I had this morning. It really helped me understand the nature of the fall that is a precursor to activating or growth in mortality.
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Multitasking
For all the various things I have been making a point of doing consistently it becomes necessary to do things which will meet more than one goal at a time. Today I didn’t have nearly enough steps for the day but instead of going for a walk I went out with Noah and Ezra to…
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A sleep trick
I think I’ve found a trick to get the most out of my time sleeping. For the last few days I have tried to make a point of focusing on my breathing and clear my mind when I lay down. The result is that while I was in bed for 6½ hours last night I…
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Encouraging developments
A few days ago I had the thought that some prominent Trump-averse Republicans should ensure Kamala Harris. This morning I learned that a group labeled Republicans for Harris has been launched yesterday. I subsequently discovered a group called Latter-day Saints for Harris. We need these kinds of groups spread the word and to demonstrate the…
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An interesting testimony meeting
Today our testimony meeting was opened up (after Ben Dalton gave his testimony as part of conducting) by a woman who is not part of our ward and who said she was not an active member. That’s all fine but he’s testimony was a cryptic call for people to do their own research and avoid…
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Another major victory
Today we were supposed to play dodgeball at the amphitheater at Aspen Grove. When we got there we found that the place was drowning in hikers and that the amphitheater had been reserved by another group for a private function. In past years that has never been a problem but we’ve also gone in the…