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Entries from August 2008

It Must’ve Been Love, But It’s Over Now

August 24th, 2008 · 10 Comments

**This entry was submitted to the blog Nine Moons: When I was attending the University of Utah one of my then favorite movies, The Big Chill, was released. Starring a very young William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close and Jeff Goldblum, it was about a group of friends who come together when one of their [...]

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Book Review: “Angel Falling Softly”

August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Having grown up loving horror novels and movies, “true” ghost stories and everything else that goes bump in the night, I decided the co-existence of vampires and Mormons would be a fun proposition. At the same time, I mused that the priesthood kind of spoils every supernatural threat. If a bishopric faced Linda Blair instead [...]

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It’s All About the Calling

August 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The other evening my daughter and I watched ”Hitch” again, a family favorite. At one point, while giving advice to a client, the lead character (played by Will Smith) said, “Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” That line really stood out for me. It reminded me of President Monson’s most recent address, “May We So Live” [...]

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