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Starfish Beyond Mountains
Everyone knows the parable of the starfish. Some of us even have a framed print of the parable, maybe a... -
Mutual Improvement Associations: Tools, Tents, and Radiant Hope
Today’s powerful and inspiring Mutual Improvement Associations comes from our guest blogger, Mark. Let’s begin in typical LDS-sacrament-meeting-talk fashion and... -
A gift of bread or stones?
If a gift harms someone, is it really a gift? Can we tell the difference between bread and rocks, or... -
Knock and it shall be opened….
I’ve always been intellectually supportive of the mission of Visiting Teaching. Actually making myself do it, or enjoy being... -
Prodigal
Last week, at a familiar intersection, the sign a man held up said, “It doesn’t take much to be kind.” -
Going to the Dogs
The following piece is a guest submission by Claudia Ruptier ; Ron liked dogs. He just didn’t want one-even... -
Moral Issues
Today on our local NPR affiliate, a local Stake Presidency member was interviewed about the roll-out of the “I’m a... -
Favorites: Business Lunch
I asked a group with an empty chair if I could sit with them. A young man’s smile put me... -
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren . . .
Every once in a while, I meet someone who is just plain old good. Without guile. My friend... -
“The 2011 OB Drink Give-away”
I’ve spent almost all my 38 years in Texas or Louisiana, so I’ve weathered some bad summers. The summer of... -
We Are Pioneers
As I was telling my Kindergartner earlier this month that we’re all pioneers in some way. Whenever we stand up... -
Operation Stop Arm
My neighbor Sheri and I watched motorists pass our children’s school bus for years. We took video, called the police,... -
Joining the Jesus Freaks
Do we believe, deep down, that the poor are that way because God wants them to be? -
Proxy Work
As a lone-parent, five-child family on welfare, we were hardly the ideal Mormon family. -
The Parable of the Potato Soup
Once upon a time, a woman in our ward (=church congregation) had a baby. In typical fashion, the women at... -
Angels with Power Tools
When you hear the words “Compassionate Service” what comes to mind? This is like one of those word association... -
Twelfth Lunch
November 11th, 2010 I gave away the last lunch (somehow, the story of the eleventh lunch was never recorded and... -
Kids and Calamities
I watched the Twin Towers fall on TV, my oldest child safely ensconced in her kindergarten class. My toddler... -
Talents: Addition and Multiplication
This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of... -
Celebrating the Man As Well As His Cause
A guest post from a reader, Debra. Names matter. They do. My life experience has taught me this. Names are... -
Bearing a Burden
It sounds corny, but by carrying around her belongings (two pairs of sturdy shoes, a box of office supplies, a... -
Number 7
I caught a glimpse of him opening the bag and then dropping it rather unceremoniously on the ground. He... -
What The Church is Doing Wrong
Something’s better than nothing…. or is it? -
Memories
A grateful resident presented me with a chocolate turkey, wrapped in beautiful multicolored foil. Then she looked around... -
Lunch 5- Out of the Comfort Zone
We (and our children) have had to learn to be gracious guests at both cockroach infested decrepit apartments and mansions... -
Giving Thanks
‘The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.’ -Mahatma Ghandi -
Duped?
I was pleased to have given away my fourth lunch, but in retelling the story, I began having doubts.... -
Spreading Good Cheer
I called out- “I have a lunch!” With out missing a beat, he replied, “Not anymore you don’t!” -
The First Lunch
A middle-aged Hispanic man is walking past the car where I pull up to the light. He sits down on...