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obedience Archive
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On Obedience
Posted on June 27, 2014 | 13 CommentsThis poem by the beloved Mormon poet Carol Lynn Pearson has been haunting my waking and sleeping thoughts all week: Obedient Girl Everybody was proud of this little girl.She loved to please and obey.She got good gradesAnd she baked good cakes And she cleaned her […] -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: You Don’t Have To
Posted on July 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsMore valuable than being obedient was the reminder that I have a personal connection to the Divine, and while a third party's interpretation may be useful, it is not necessary. -
11 Dear Jack: Make It Work
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 2 CommentsDear Jack, Our ward is changing meeting times next year, and we’ll meet right in the middle of kids’ nap and lunch times. Do we make everyone go to church for three hours and spend the rest of the day crabby, cranky, hungry and […] -
Marshmallows, Obedience and You
Posted on April 30, 2011 | 12 CommentsIn the famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment (1972), Professor Walter Mischel gave four year-old children a marshmallow, and instructed them that if they waited twenty minutes without eating it, they would be given another one. Mischel observed that although some would “cover their eyes with their […]