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  1. blackstrap
    Hmmm I heard rumors of this when I was working in the area over 50 years ago. Maybe just a " faith promoting rumor " , however .. I guess there was evidence behind it.
  2. blackstrap
    Maybe separate the genders after sacrament. Youth in 2 different rooms, adults in 2 different rooms. Then just switch teachers not the people.😏
  3. blackstrap
    Age is just a number. I know 50 year olds that should not be driving and 90 year olds who are still cross-country skiing. The current method of picking the President does seem to limit the political maneuvering found in other institutions
  4. blackstrap
    D &C 58:27 gives one a very broad assignment to be anxiously engaged in doing good .
  5. blackstrap
    Time to invest in a security camera or two. That, and the Elder's quorum could be given a patrol schedule, and a couple of paint guns.🙄
  6. blackstrap
    In my area we have not had YM go around collecting Fast Offerings for many years. Each ward, however, has a project in which they go to all people within the ward boundaries and solicit funds for the YMYW program. All funds raised go specifically to the youth programs. To my knowledge, there have been no negative responses.
  7. blackstrap
    Served in Central America in the late 1960's during the rebellions. We shrugged of the occasional body in the streets and the machine gun toting helicopters circling overhead.. Our major concern was coping with " Gambu " , otherwise known as the Aztec Two-Step.🤢
  8. blackstrap
    Mat 13: 58 and Mark 5:6 ? speak of Christ not doing many miracles in some towns because of a lack of faith/belief. Does that mean He COULD NOT do the miracles ,or would not do them? We are instructed to end healing blessings with the phrase , " If it is Thy will " . Abraham's pleading with the Lord to spare the cities is also a lesson to us that we can ask for blessings even when the Lord may have other plans.
  9. blackstrap
    I also noticed that Cain quickly tried to make himself the ' victim ' by crying that the punishment was too great. typical villain .
  10. blackstrap
    Interesting. Some years ago , scientists were studying Zebras and , in order to keep tract of a particular individual zebra , they decided to put a mark on it ( like a red spot ) . Turns out that lions also noticed the spot and soon the individual zebra was eliminated from the herd. So Cain, unable now to blend in with the rest of the population , got a "red flag" . Hmm.
  11. blackstrap
    May the new year bring you joy and peace.
  12. blackstrap
    Oh for the good old days of the " United Order " 😁
  13. blackstrap
    Yes, that is one aspect I refer to. There is another in that RC nuns each individually present as a bride of Christ. I'm reasonably sure that the interpretation is to be a metaphor , but some believe it is actual. The PROF gives a third option held by a few . Personally, I am very grateful never being asked to live such a precept. I have a fiery Latin wife who has access to many large knives.😱
  14. blackstrap
    It is known and accepted by millions of Christians worldwide , that Christ is a polygamist... at least metaphorically. JVW might phrase it more in the category of a type of plural marriage, nevertheless...
  15. blackstrap
    Pres. David O. McKay ... because he was MY president !
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