David Journal

Tag: family

  • Role of Children in Families

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    As we seek to get the family momentum built up it has become obvious that much of our lack has been in what role the children have played. We have often expected to little and even when or expectations were correct we don’t always enforce them appropriately. I wanted to see what the scriptures said…

  • No Other Gods

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    This is an awesome list of alternate gods that even religious people are often serving in the modern world. The commandments are based on and inseparable from the plan of salvation. If we don’t establish our priorities based on the plan of salvation then we are in danger of serving other gods. I had no…

  • The Truth About Intimacy

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    Another comment about Mormons being sexually repressed got me thinking about this topic. I’ve heard similar comments about Christians generally or religious people generally. It is most frequently made by people claiming they want to free those enslaved by that repression (whichever group they directed their comment at). Sometimes I think it is said with…

  • Protect the Children

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    He is speaking about the need to protect children and the wellbeing of children. One of the most serious offenses against children is to deny them birth. There are 40 million abortions worldwide each year. This is especially ironic with so many couples who desire children but cannot have them. When he speaks of the…

  • Becoming Goodly Parents

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    Elder Perry is 90 – he doesn’t look more than 80. He was reviewing some letters he wrote to his parents nearly 70 years ago while in the military. He talks about the things goodly parents can do build a foundation of faith for their children. He is teaching us how to help our children…

  • Can Ye Feel So Now?

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    I’m not sure how to take notes in this. I have not captured the central thread to the truth that he is speaking and the truths are coming too fast to capture them individually. The words he is speaking regarding the dangers of pornography and the potential for young people to disqualify themselves from missionary…

  • The Daydawn is Breaking

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    I woke up this morning feeling very positive. I know part of it was a carryover from last night because my interactions with the counselors in the Bishopric and Shane Young had me feeling good about the options to earn a living doing work that I really enjoy. This morning I got a message from…

  • A Good Day

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    Today was a very nice day. We went to This is the Place Heritage Park in the morning with the kids for an hour or so and had a nice time. We came home before everyone got cranky from the heat. For lunch we discovered that all the kids really like having the apricot jam…

  • A Weekend

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    Today the most I did for work was introduce the kids to their new email addresses and set them up on Thunderbird. Mostly we took the day slow. Laura and I went out for yogurt and shopping. We discovered the Inkleys is closed and their store is available for lease. I saw that and thought…

  • Finishing Touches

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    Another 9 hours of work today (total of 66 now) has enabled me to provide a webmail interface for users and set up an account with PayPal to receive payments. I am working on implementing a payment button and a donation button for the site but I am ready to start talking about the business…