Ten Things I am Thankful for about Idaho Falls

  1. Christians
  2. The people of the community (one of the nicest civil communities in America)
  3. The library
  4. The bookstores
  5. The culture’s stance on moral family issues
  6. The mountains, forests, meadows, and lakes nearby for hiking and camping
  7. The potatoes (anyway they come – baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, French fries, potato chips, etc.)
  8. The River (and all its habitat)
  9. The restaurants
  10. The bike trails
  11. (Oh, and I have to throw in one more)  The snow

Elder Richard G. Maynes on Gospel and Korihor

He shared these words last week on the Gospel for the BYU-I devotional:

If you are asking yourself where to begin, I would suggest using the Church’s guide to missionary service, entitled Preach My Gospel.  This inspired guide is a wonderful personal scripture study plan as well as a missionary guide.  Chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel contains five lessons, “The Message of the Restoration,” “The Plan of Salvation,” “The Gospel of Jesus Christ,” “The Commandments,” and finally “Laws and Ordinances.”  These five lessons contain a total of 42 basic gospel principles.  Thirty-five of these principles need to be taught to investigators before they are eligible for baptism.  The investigators not only need to understand the principles, but they also need to live them prior to baptism.  It seems it would be appropriate for us as members to understand these same basic gospel principles and the corresponding scriptures that support them.  The gospel principles and associated scriptures found in chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel would make a wonderful personal study plan.

Wow.  Thirty-five principles?  What are they again?

And listen to his definition of the Korihors in today’s culture:

So who are the Korihors of today?  I submit that they are anyone or anything that would entice you to stray from the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life.

Post election blues?

What do you do with post election blues?

1.  Read Mark’s short post.

2.  Read Kevin’s article.

3.  For my LDS friends, listen to Eclipse’s rendition of “Be Still My Soul.”  I just heard this song on Sunday’s BYUI radio.  The music is fantastic.  The words are incredible therapy as you think of an all sovereign God.

4.  Barack and Michelle married in 1992 – same year as Kristie and me.  They have two daughters – so do we.  My two precious girls, Hannah and Mariah, will be praying and hopefully writing notes to their two girls, Malia (age 10) and Sasha (age 7).