Tag: personal quest
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A pattern for growth
I’m looking at the children and youth program from the church and I have decided to use it myself the way I have often heard Young Women leaders say they did (or redid) the young women goals/steps to gain from them and approach them authentically with their young women (my words). I’m trying to learn…
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Two new projects
I was talking to Ben Dalton at the Ward Walkabout last night. We talked about the challenge of communicating details about the walkabout and we talked about boy scouts and the church young men’s program. Those are two problems (effective group communication; and strategies to help teenage boys become young men) that I am very…
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New security system
We got a security system installed today because of a deal through the bank that just bought our mortgage. We’ll see how useful it ends up being but for at least the next 3 years we will have to get used to having an unforgiving boundary whenever it is armed (which means I can set…
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Am I stuck in a rut?
I feel like a zombie sometimes lately—like I’m not making progress on any particular front but I also have no idea what, if anything, should change and I don’t even have any idea what you ask to learn more. I know I have maxed out my ability to commit to anything at the moment and…
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Some of everything today
I started the morning with a trip to the temple then followed that up with doing the dishes, mowing the lawn, playing tennis with Noah, edging and weeding, and then seeing The Addams Family at Hale Center Theatre before closing the day with watching the first half of the BYU/K-State game. (Really late kickoff is…
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Walking a tightrope
I feel like I will be in constant tension for the next 50 days until the election wanting to keep focused on the race and on doing what I can to support Harris but also wanting to not get lost in a rabbit hole to the detriment of everything else I should be doing in…
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Level up
For several years I have made a point of studying each talk from General Conference before the next General Conference. I haven’t always succeeded but in those cases I have caught up after conference on top of trying to do the new talks. For the two or three most recent conferences I have added to…
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Being a true follower of Jesus Christ
One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people. Russell M. NelsonPacemakers Needed This statement struck me when I first heard it and every time I have read it again. I am seeing myself apply this more consistently in my political advocacy despite…
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Campaign season
Today marks the beginning of the general election and I found myself donating to the Harris presidential campaign. I also came to a resolution within myself that I am absolutely done with MAGA — I will fight their influence with everything I have until they have lost all political power. I will not vote for…
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Back to the temple
It’s been a few weeks since I have been to the temple. One week I had a camping trip and when I went to schedule the next week it was booked full. The week after that I had Daddy Daughter campout but finally this week I got back. I’m so grateful to have the temple…