I love the mantra, “No other success can compensate for failure in the home”, attributed to President David McKay. This counsel has been at the heart of many of the key decisions I have made so far in my life.
I want to thank you for your efforts over the last several years to draw attention to a pressing problem that’s facing our planet: global warming. Your time, your campaigning, your organizing, I think it has been honorable. However, that’s not the purpose for this letter. I’m concerned that you’re the de facto spokesman for scientific community on the matter of global warming.
I don’t make a habit out of drawing parallels between my life and the life of a Disney princess, but I just finished watching Disney’s Tangled and found some intriguing similarities that might be useful for explaining my faith journey
Recently Rush Limbaugh was mocking a Diane Sawyer segment wherein she praised the Japanese for finding time and space to utilize recycling programs in the refugee shelters amidst the mass destruction that the earthquake and tsunamis have caused. But this post isn’t necessarily about him. It’s about what people miss when they engage in simple-minded thinking similar to his.
This is adapted from a talk I recently prepared for my uncle’s church congregation. Coincidental to the theme the bishop picked for this month, I just happened to be reading Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, which includes a brief overview of the development of religious thought throughout history. It turns out that this would provide a nice setup for my talk.