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Living Single– One Brief, Pure, Shining Moment

Segullah - I’m having one of those moments. A rare, fleeting moment of peace and understanding that I really am okay. It snuck up on me, to be honest, especially since I thought for sure I would have something profound and groundbreaking to say about my experiences as a single and childless woman in a predominantly married and child-filled church. I could paint the picture of the woman-scorned-by-many-an-RM-yet-remains-faithful. I could give advice on any of the following: How I cope with loneliness (best answer: be a friend, actual answer: watch TV) How I cope with bitterness (best answer: pray, actual answer: list the...

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FHE: Brotherhood

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read "'Man Down!'," by Henry B. Eyring, Ensign , May 2009, 63-66. Thought: God will give you inspiration and strength to meet your charge to help His children find their way to the happiness made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ. (Henry B. Eyring, "'Man Down!'," Ensign, May 2009, 63-66.) Song: "I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus," Children's Songbook , p.78. Scripture: Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that...

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BYU's Unga: Oklahoma no tougher than Swine Flu

Salt Lake Tribune - When it was suggested to BYU running back Harvey Unga earlier this week that he might not be able to handle a pounding from Oklahoma's defense in a couple of weeks because he is not being tackled in fall camp, he answered with a question. "You ever had the swine flu?" Unga asks. The junior from Provo's Timpview High School has. And he says whatever viciousness the No. 3-ranked Sooners bring to the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 5 surely can't be worse that what he went through for 10 days or so in early June. ...

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Mitt Romney's Voodoo Dolls

Politics Daily - Defeated at nearly every level in the 2008 elections, Republicans were supposed to be using the current four-year stretch in purgatory to rethink the issues, redefine themselves as a party, and (most of all) select a charismatic leader to get them back in the game. Turns out, it's not taking too long to winnow the field. As the dust cleared in 2009, there was no shortage of prospective saviors. Would it be Sarah Palin, the gorgeous and polarizing lightning rod from Alaska, who overshadowed running mate John McCain in the general election? What about Mike Huckabee, the glib, guitar-playing preacher and...

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Southern Baptist minister embraces the Book of Mormon

Centerplace - I’m a licensed Southern Baptist minister and I embrace the Book of Mormon. That is, I believe the truths recorded in it. No, I’m not a convert to the Mormon faith, nor am I a member of any particular "spin-off" restoration group such as the RLDS (Reorganized Latter-day Saints), Hedrikites, or Strangites. I’m still a Baptist minister. To be exact, I’m "charismatic Baptist." That is, I still embrace the "born again" experience. I still believe you’re saved by grace. By the shed blood of Christ. Salvation is by faith alone in His finished work on Calvary. I still believe in the...

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Institute presents Book of Mormon research

The Daily Universe - The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies presented “Breaking News on Book of Mormon Scholarship,” to an audience on Wednesday in the Hinckley Alumni Center. The Maxwell Institute is an umbrella organization which includes the well-known FARMS, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. In the first Wednesday class, Paul Y. Hoskisson, professor and new director of the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies, explained emerging scholarship including chiasmus and Hebrew phrases in the Book of Mormon and word print studies. ...

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BYU's quarterback Hall confidently leads team

Deseret News - The last hurrah for Max Hall in a Cougar uniform this season reflects positive traits this August. His confidence has never been an issue. He still believes he can make every play in the book, even those that crack apart shortly after the ball is snapped. Hall is as positive as a potion salesman. He's worked long and hard since the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl. He believes in his weapons and he stands up for a young offensive line that holds his health in their collective paws. On Wednesday, Hall had perhaps his best practice, driving the offense on a long-sustained...

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Psychologist outlines the 3 steps of addiction

Deseret News - Addiction is a disease that affects the body, mind and spirit, and any recovery attempt must address those three aspects of a person, Dr. Rick D. Hawks said in a Wednesday session of BYU Campus Education Week. Hawks, a psychologist who deals with a variety of mental-health concerns, said addiction -- either to substances like drugs or alcohol, or to pornography -- have similar effects on the brain. And any meaningful recovery requires more than abstinence. "Abstinence is not recovery. It means that the body is not doing the drug anymore, but you will miss the whole boat. You will have...

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Orson Scott Card: Seek to be worthy of praise

Deseret News - On the one hand, we're supposed to "seek after" things that are "of good report or praiseworthy" (Philippians 4:8). On the other hand, if we "aspire to the honors of men," we're doing something wrong (D&C 121:35). How can we seek to be praiseworthy -- without seeking praise? That sounds like a bit of a tightrope walk to me! There is a subtle distinction that we should not miss: Paul does not tell us to seek praise, but rather to seek after things that are praiseworthy and of good report. In other words, we emulate, not what is praised, but what...

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Master M Men and Golden Gleaners

Keepapitchinin - Kevin Barney posted recently about reading his father’s 1953 journal, a record his father kept to fulfill requirements for becoming a “Master M Man.” Since this program disappeared a generation ago, probably many bloggernaclers are unfamiliar with it. The Mutual (Mutual Improvement Association, or MIA) used to be the social and recreational arm of the church, for adults as well as for the teens currently served by the Young Men/Young Women program. You became an M Man (or a Gleaner, for girls) when you turned 18, or graduated from high school, or (in the event you weren’t able to graduate) your...