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We don’t hear Matthew Cowley stories much anymore. Brother Cowley, as some of you may remember, was an early 20th century apostle who noteworthily raised souls from the dead– or more accurately, was instrument in the Lord’s hand raising them from the dead. Brother Cowley was also a brilliant writer and speaker, and if you [...]

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I believe I mentioned some entries back about the part-member couple I met at the Fast Sunday Post-Fast Evening Mingle– our ward’s response to the stake president’s tyrannical abolishment of Break the Fast (it takes place 4 hours later, thus technically being well out of the range of a punishable Break the Fast)– last month. [...]

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Last night I read President Monson’s message in the Ensign entitled “Treasure of Eternal Value.” In it, he quoted a portion of the Savior’s Sermon on the Mount:
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
“But lay up for yourselves [...]

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Question: If you TiVo conference and play back the solemn assembly hours later, do you still stand and sustain even though everyone else have moved on to their nachos and naps?  Last week was difficult for my wife and me, regarding different trials we were each experiencing. For the sake of privacy (especially my sweetheart’s) [...]

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I wish someone would start a project of taking members aside individually and asking them to describe their thoughts of what the next life will be like, then write an essay with the findings. A favorite LDS cartoon of mine (by Bagley or Grondahl, I can’t remember which) shows a husband and wife in the [...]

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