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Give Brother Joseph a Break

I heard a story once of a man who was dissatisfied with his wife cutting the ends off of the ham every time she put it in the oven to cook: “Why do you do that?” he asked. “It makes it taste better,” she replied. Frustrated with the folksy-seeming answer, he asked, “Where did you learn that?” “From my mom,” she answered. So...

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Your Life is Not Your Own

My wife has a simple lesson she likes to teach me. Whenever I am swamped by the wants and needs of three young children and wish, either with language or body language, to simply  have some time alone to do what I want she often tenderly reminds, “Your life is not your own.” As applicable as this phrase is to a beleaguered parent,...

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How to say “I know” without saying “I know”

Perhaps the most repeated beginning to a sentence in the Church is “I know that…” Those who hear this testimony should understand that the testimony bearer is not claiming to have empirically proven the Church true but rather has had a spiritual witness confirming the veracity and utility of the gospel in his life. For so many, this gospel as taught through scriptures,...

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Crabs and Fleas

I once heard someone explain how to catch and contain crabs and fleas. For crabs, putting a crab in a bucket with other crabs will ensure that it cannot climb out. As soon as the crab tries to escape, another crab underneath will reach up, pinch the climbing crab, and pull it back down into the bucket so that another crab can climb...

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