My wife and I drove out to the Promontory Point, Utah area to the Golden Spike Memorial. We had not been out there for many years and wondered what changes had been made to the area. The experience brought to mind the very significance of that historical event of May 10, 1869. Congress had approved…
Month: October 2010
On Being Free
It has always been amazing to me how we human beings are so much alike and at the same time so different. We all fall somewhere along a continuum in terms of intelligence, looks, weight, height, spirituality, etc. In regards to spirituality, we are so very different; there are young children that are spiritually mature…
On Church Membership
I have talked with people who said that they believed in God but did not believe that a person had to become a member of an organized religion to be a Christian and/or a good person. Many who have that attitude feel a structured program, such as a church, is rigid and inflexible and tends…
On Our Challenge
Family history research, for most people, has always been difficult to begin, primarily, I believe, because a person knows that it is not a project that will take only a few minutes or even a few hours. Neither is it a ‘one time’ project but rather an ongoing and fairly time consuming effort. It takes…
On The View We Have
The view we have, or take of things, has always been a fascinating thought for me. Even as a young child, I sometimes did a double take when I heard an interesting slant on a subject. For example, back in the 1930’s, just before I was old enough to go to school, my father bought…
On The Refiner’s Fire
I always love a good story, whether it be true or not, if it has a moral to it. The story I am about to tell is supposed to be true, as it was told to members by their stake president, during a stake conference several years ago. The story has its setting in a…