The following are charts that can be used to teach much of Orienteering Merit Badge within Flower Mound, Texas. Here is a link to the orienteering merit badge requirements. There are also requirements for both 2nd Class and 1st Class that deal with Orienteering. The below can be used to fulfill most all the requirements … Continue reading Flower Mound Texas Post Oak Park Scout Orienteering Course
A Bias To Virtue
An article in the Dallas Morning News this morning reinforces my comment to an acquaintance on a flight. She expressed doubt that valuing virtues could ever win the war against the un-virtuous and asked how that would ever happen. "Because there is a natural bias to want to be virtuous. No one wants to be … Continue reading A Bias To Virtue
Son of Man
Why did the Savior refer to himself as the Son of Man? I think one reason is because the clarity of what it meant was not obvious; and yet it could be understood he was referring to the Divine Man, his Father in Heaven. Being too clear about his relationship would have put himself in … Continue reading Son of Man
What does Adultery have to do with Signs
In Matthew 16 we read: 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.2 He answered and said unto them,...4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it,Matthew 15:1-2, 4 I have always … Continue reading What does Adultery have to do with Signs
Your Name is Safe In Our Home
Oscar Kirkham was one of the great men of the Church and among the Church’s most respected Scouters. He served in the First Council of the Seventy and was a significant presence wherever he went. Often in meetings he would rise to a “point of personal privilege” and then, when recognized, would proceed to say … Continue reading Your Name is Safe In Our Home
Be Fair with Those in History
Matt Grow, a historian, said this about dealing with history. Be careful about [historical] sources of information that just seek to tear people down [or I might add using historical sources yourself to tear others down]. Look instead for sources of information that are based on records left by the people themselves, and that seek … Continue reading Be Fair with Those in History
Virtue verses Values
The following is from an October, 2013 version of the Virtue Wheel book. Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has said, “An organic system, which is what a company is, needs to adapt. And we think values – that’s what we call them today at IBM, but you can call them ‘beliefs’ or ‘principles’ or ‘precepts’ … Continue reading Virtue verses Values
The Arch of Opposition
Note the arch of these stories from the Savior's life, from peaceful, to contentious, back to peaceful Centurion's Servant What a heart-warming story this is; the Roman overlord has respect for the local religion, such that he even contributes to it by building a synagogue. He is clearly respected by the people, who beseech the … Continue reading The Arch of Opposition
Personal Professional Plans
I came upon a set of documents from early in my career recently that I thought might be interesting to young professionals. I suspect many large organizations give templates or formal process definitions to these sorts of things, but that's not what caused me to create them. I decided on my own that a yearly … Continue reading Personal Professional Plans
Summary of the Sermon on the Mount
Today my Sunday School instructor in teaching about the Sermon on the Mount concluded with an interesting graphic on the chalkboard. In it she stacked horizontally the topics covered in the Sermon on the Mount. On top of it she drew a church, pointing to the Savior as the key to it. It reminded me … Continue reading Summary of the Sermon on the Mount
Kip on Character 