David Journal

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  • I need to take steps

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    I’ve been feeling the need to actually make sure my ministering visits happen despite the fact that, as has been the case for most of my adult life, I have a companion that won’t take any action. I can’t really complain since I’m always feeling too busy to take the lead. I’ve been feeling that…

  • Fiddler on the Roof

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    Laura and I went to see Fiddler on the Roof at Hale Center Theater today and again I was watching an excellent artistic performance that was also a solid cultural experience. It was the best okay I’ve seen at Hale in a long time (and this is my second consecutive season as a season ticket…

  • Garden spots

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    Mom showed me what she had in her early garden and it got me thinking that I need to start soon or I’ll lose most of my possible growing for this year again. I went looking outside for where I could set up a garden bed for swiss chard. I’m pleased with how the grass…

  • Shen Yun

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    Today I went to see Shen Yun with Mom. It’s a Chinese cultural dance performing arts company. It really reminded me of the value of beauty and of experiencing different cultures. They were technically excellent but they also added commentary about the origins of their dance styles and about some of the realities of life…

  • A place of prayer

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    I have been wanting to become consistent in turning to prayer but every effort so far has proved temporary at best. I was reading this morning the spirit that teacheth a man to pray and thinking again of what it would take to make prayer a habit as strong as reading the scriptures or brushing…

  • Unexpected failure

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    I can’t figure out why I was apparently so tired last night that I slept through my alarm. While I survived waking up an hour late  I’ve decided to go to bed a little early tonight in case I am still needing extra sleep.

  • Comm-unity

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    The theme for Ward Conference today was hearts knit together in unity.  During the discussion in priesthood it struck me that word unity is actually the conclusion of the word community. It seems to me that a real community must include some unifying element whether it be a shared interest or belief or simply a…

  • Top Golf

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    Today I took Noah and Ezra to Top Golf as the agreed upon reward for Noah’s grades. We had a great time although the scoring wasn’t always reflective of how well people were playing. Ezra often got ridiculously high scores for pedestrian hits which made it hard for Noah—losing consistently desire performing at least as…

  • Crunch time

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    Today was a deadline for a number of tasks, most significantly it was the day I had to do the training in the programmers meeting (like I did last year). I was able to manage everything so once again, I’m not faced with another imminent chance where I have to get up in from if…

  • An effective day

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    I had a lot on my plate this morning and thankfully at the end of the day it feels like I got all the most important things done. In the evening I went to a training with Jan E. Newman (2nd Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency) for church teachers. One Greek translation of…