David Journal

Tag: government

  • CPS Round 2

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    I never did a followup on our previous run-in with CPS. The conclusion was that toward the middle of December they sent a letter indicating that the case was closed and the claim marked unsupported. Unfortunately that was only the end of round 1. Tuesday Laura emailed to tell me that a police (school resource)…

  • 13 July 2008

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    D&C 134What a magnificent exposition of the purpose and scope of government and its relationship to religious institutions.

  • 9 June 2008

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    D&C 102I think it is easy to forget sometimes that church government is government and operates from the same rules of order even though it operates in accordance to higher rules of law. It seems that we often participate in things like sustaining as a rite and not as a responsibility for thoughtful consideration and…

  • 21 December 2007

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    Helaman 8I feel like we live in the days of Nephi with prophets telling us of the wickedness and corruption among us. Many cry against them, others defend them verbally without actively fighting the corruption they warn of. Those who tell us of the corruption are not just the public leaders of the LDS church,…

  • 1 December 2007

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    Alma 51I wonder if any of the king men were in league, or correspondence with Amalikiah. It is possible that some of them had been followers of his before he escaped to the Lamanites. We do know that later king men were in league with the king of the Lamanites when they opposed the government…