I-ASK CLA Training & RootsTech 2012 - Part 2

I-ASK CLA Training & RootsTech 2012 - Part 2
On Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, Tom was training CLAs at our home.  It was a great experience to see how everything fits together as we embark on educating citizens of the urgent need to preserve the legacy of the 20th century before it is too late!  Further, making them...
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The One Message For Our Day

If I could only broadcast one message to the world that has come from my faith, it would be that the gospel of Jesus Christ--His Church and kingdom-- was lost to the world through the dark ages, known as the Apostasy, and that through His grace and tender mercies, it has...
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Hendrika Folkers' Conversion Story

Hendrika Folkers' Conversion Story
Hendrika Folkers, my maternal grandmother, grew up in Groningen, Netherlands.  Her family were members of the Dutch Reformed Church (Hervormde Kerk) while she was in her youth, but her maternal grandmother and her mother recognized that the original church organized by Jesus Christ when he was upon the earth had been...
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One lesson to share with the world

It is hard to dial your wisdom down to one lesson at first blush.  One thing that I am sure of is that our beliefs evolve through each decade and life experience that we are blessed to share in our brief time here on Earth.  Upon further thought, the one thing...
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Religion: Rejection vs Acceptance

Describe an event where your faith has been questioned and how the experience strengthened or changed your spiritual perspective. On October 15, 1963, while serving in The Netherlands as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I wrote an entry in my journal that illustrates rejection as...
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Have I witnessed or believe in miracles?

Well, in a way, yes! In the story about my brother and I flipping a car, I think it's on his profile Tyler Cormier and he tells a great story about it, we ended our flipping trip by slamming up against a large pine tree on the driver's side door where...
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Coincidence? I think not...

Coincidence? I think not...
This week's prompt is: Do you believe in miracles and if so, have you ever witnessed one? Describe.  Miracle: "An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs”.   I think if you believe in a divine being, you are likely to believe in miracles.  If not, you might be more...
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Faith of My Fathers

We attended services at the Methodist church sporadically and we socialized with the minister's family who happened to live on our block.  We had friends from many walks and backgrounds but matters of faith were rarely discussed in my family of origin.  It wasn't that my parents didn't have beliefs--they just weren't a topic...
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What I know of my Grandparent's faith

What I know of my Grandparent's faith
My grandparents on my Father's side...George and Lillian Cormier.   My Grandparents on my Mother's side...Wallace (Wally) and Helen Brackin.  Oh, and that's my brother on the left and me on the right at our home in Conway N.H.  Harvey Blake Rental.   On my Mother's side of the family my...
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Beyond Sound Bites

On January 1 2011 I decided to read technical information every day in pursuit of my dreams. Alarmed, I then realized that it is just wrong to make that kind of commitment without having completely read the Bible at least once. So I'm doing both. I'm reading The One Year Bible,...
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Oh, for the faith of a child!

My second son, Lloyd was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and the doctor recommended that we move to a warmer, dryer  climate for the winter.  In November 1951, our family of four children (Goldie, Lloyd, Steve, and Janice) moved to Mesa, Arizona.  One day, Lloyd came home from kidergarten crying his eyes...
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To Forgive or Be Forgiven?

Forgive?   I have much more to be forgiven for than to forgive.   The years between 1950 and 1979 are filled with things I did to hurt other people.   It wasn’t deliberate or malicious but that doesn’t excuse the fact that I did hurt people, sometimes severely.   I either didn’t know or...
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Cannibal Kings and Gasoline

Cannibal Kings and Gasoline
During the darker days of “The War” (to the “elders” of today’s society that always means “WWII.”) gasoline was stringently rationed. Drivers were issued “A,” “B,” or “C” decals to put onto their windshields and a rationing book filled with coupons that could be redeemed only on a week by week...
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A Rousing Sermon

PLEASE NOTE:  This true anecdote from my childhood is not meant to disparage any religious denomination.  I am a practicing Christian.  I do believe, however, that since we were made in His likeness, God has a sense of humor and does "chuckle" with love when He see's some of the things...
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Hospital Ghosts

Hospital Ghosts
Hospital Ghosts                   The world outside was shivering in cold while I occupied a spotless white bed inside a warm hospital.   Sometime during the wee small hours of the morning, my pains and aches were getting the better of me.   I decided I might feel as well if...
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Sharing a Blanket Story With You

I received a letter today from the gentleman largely responsible for my having revivedThe Billy Blanket Project.  He shared about giving his first blanket and I want to share his story with you.     While our emphasis is on pregnancy and early infant loss, a soft blanket is a nice expression of care for anyone experiencing...
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I Am His (Based on Psalm 18)

I Am His The world marches on oblivious to her sorrow.  She covers her face in her hands and weeps.  Her heart is broken; her dreams lie shattered.  For Ronda all hope is gone unless the Father comes. It’s business as usual in the courts of Heaven. Melodious songs of adoration...
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Broken Pieces

You must be more careful, I scold myself through the tears, you almost missed that one. Pieces of the whole will never do; if He’s to put it back together again, He will need it all.   Bending low, I wrap trembling fingers around the missing sliver and swath it in...
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Lord, I Want to be Real

Lord, I want to be real. If being real means that I am alone, and in that solitude You walk with me, then let me be alone, accompanied for the moment only by You. If being real means that I struggle with the weakness of others, and wonder at my ability...
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Picante Sauce Grace

God whispers to my heart at the strangest times, and in the strangest places. There are other more prestigious eateries in town, but I like Taco House. The food is so-so; it's the memories that keep me coming back. Since I can remember, my family has frequented the simple café, munching...
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