Tag: W Christopher Waddell
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More Than a Hero
Wishing heroes can be fun and innocent but when taken too far it can become like the Children of Israel worshipping the golden calf. Choosing the right hero has eternal consequences. It’s not the politician, the athlete, or the vlogger who is the problem, it’s when we choose to make them the primary object of…
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There Was Bread
It is not reasonable for the church to focus on encouraging people to establish emergency stores at a time when many people are in a position that they must rely on such stores if they have them.
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Just as He Did
We should always reach out in love to others. We never give up on them and it is never too late.
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Turn to the Lord
There will be times in our lives when we will experience challenges we hadn’t anticipated. Was Hyrum Shumway related to Rodger Shumway? (Father perhaps?) Because of the atonement we can move forward and find better days (no matter what challenges we are facing). The sad irony is that too often, those most in need {turn…
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Regional Conference
Bishop Waddel He shares a story about a multi-generation family accepting the gospel because of a Book of Mormon that was given to one brother who never even touched it after accepting it and setting it on a shelf. I don’t know who he was quoting “the Book of Mormon is the instrument of conversion…
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A Pattern for Peace
Learn, listen, and walk What a faithful couple, saving to return to the temple to be sealed to their son when, as new converts, they didn’t understand that they were already sealed to him as part of their sealing to each other before his birth. We must continue partaking of the fruit and not be…
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The Opportunity of a Lifetime
Blessings of missionary service do not end when you are released. That service sets you on a path of gospel centered living. Arrive on your mission with a personal testimony of the Book of Mormon. Arrive on your mission worthy of the companionship of the Spirit. Arrive on your mission ready to work.