(A Seminary Lesson from February 17, 1995. TG Entry: Missionary Work) I Seminary Lesson About Ammon I started the week talking about missionary preparation. I used Mosiah 27, 28 and Alma 17 as the references. I believe they were good missionaries because they: (1) Repented of their sins (Mosiah 27:35), (2) Desired to go (Mosiah … Continue reading Topic Study: Ammon and Missionary Work
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Topic Study: Trustworthiness
(Experience in teaching Seminary, January 31, 1995 TG Entry: Trustworthiness) I Sharing Sacred Things One day last week seminary went really bad. I was teaching Alma chapter 5. I was using the following verse: 15 Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you? Do you look forward with an eye of … Continue reading Topic Study: Trustworthiness
Topic Study: Zeniff and Nephite Migration
(May 2004 (Originally from Book of Mormon Seminary January 12, 1995) IN Entry: Zeniff) Overview The following map depicts the travels of various parties in the Book of Mormon using a fairly standard LDS Chapel configuration. Travel is chronological order to best explain what is happening. Start with Nephi’s travel from the Land of 1st … Continue reading Topic Study: Zeniff and Nephite Migration
Topic Study: Consequences of Sin
(Originally a Book of Mormon Seminary Lesson from Wednesday October 6, 1994. TG Entry: Bondage, Spiritual) Continued From Agency Overview This lesson might be entitled “We All Suffer When Someone Sins.” It demonstrates how bad behavior can not only keep those misbehaving from realizing the blessings of righteousness it affects those who do not sin. … Continue reading Topic Study: Consequences of Sin
Topic Study: Moroni, Capitan
(A talk given in Sacrament Meeting, July 10, 1994, Laguna 2nd Ward, Sacramento, CA Stake. IN Entry: Moroni1) I WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM CAPTAIN MORONI As I was asked to speak on Book of Mormon stories, I immediately thought of a section of the book we do not often talk about: That of Capitan … Continue reading Topic Study: Moroni, Capitan
Ode to SOC1
A System OC1, commonly called a SOC1, is a fatal error on an IBM MVS Mainframe. When I started testing Geneva at the time on it, it was a common result for an unstable system. Within the first few weeks of work, I wrote this poem. ODE TO SOC 1 While performing my testing one … Continue reading Ode to SOC1
Children’s Poems for Mother’s Day
I think Krista helped me write this for Mother's Day, 1993: My mother makes my Sunday clothes My mother always wipes my nose My mother makes great "peanut" lunch My mother stops when Abby I punch My mother teaches songs to me My mother reads the books I see My mother in the park will … Continue reading Children’s Poems for Mother’s Day
Peter: A Witness
A Witness "Peace, be still!" to the sea he did cry. He calmed the waves; my fears all did fly. The words filled with power, and yet so much peace, I watched him help sinners their sinning to cease. "All ye that labor," he said consoling. He seem to be inviting, uplifting, enfolding. He felt … Continue reading Peter: A Witness
Daniel Analysis
I created this document for my Gospel Doctrine Class in 1990. (The creation date of the file was 1/1/1980. This is because IBM PC's at the time defaulted to this date if they had been unplugged; they didn't keep a permanent date. I created this in WordPerfect on a Compaq suitcase side portable computer) DANIEL
Testimony
(September 2008. Used at Stake Priesthood Meeting, after being called as Stake Young Men’s President) I would like to share with you my testimony, the testimony of the young man, as your peer. This is my testimony from April 4, 1982, when I was seventeen years old. I had attended a session of General … Continue reading Testimony
