Zack Oates

By  Zack Oates
July 06, 2019 09:00 AM MDT
The following article originally ran on LDS Living in September 2015.
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By  Zack Oates
October 26, 2018 08:20 AM MDT
If you knew that there was a possibility you would die in a year, what would you do?
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By  Zack Oates
September 26, 2018 09:45 AM MDT
My wife and I recently ran a half marathon.
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By  Zack Oates
July 25, 2018 03:37 PM MDT
We were thrilled when the test came back positive.
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By  Zack Oates
July 23, 2018 12:00 PM MDT
My grandma was in a coma for nearly 10 days. She had flatlined a few times and doctors said that things were not looking good.
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By  Zack Oates
July 19, 2018 02:00 PM MDT
“I know the Church is true” is one of the first testimonies we hear Primary children repeating. But somewhere along the path to adulthood, even when there is real feeling behind it, it starts to become a thoughtless introduction to the bearing of a testimony.
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By  Zack Oates
June 30, 2018 02:58 PM MDT
It was my first week in a BYU singles ward and I was called as Elders Quorum President. First item of business: fill all the callings.
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By  Zack Oates
June 12, 2018 06:32 PM MDT
With the change from home and visiting teaching to “ministering,” I’ve heard many people say that it is really just the same thing with a new name.
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By  Zack Oates
May 21, 2018 09:16 AM MDT
I had a great single life. I mean, it was awesome.
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By  Zack Oates
January 11, 2018 12:00 PM MST
What will be President Thomas S. Monson’s legacy?
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By  Zack Oates
October 07, 2017 12:07 PM MDT
It was a blistering hot day in NYC.
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By  Zack Oates
August 30, 2017 06:14 PM MDT
Alma gives a beautiful dissertation about the seed of faith in Alma 32.
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By  Zack Oates
May 16, 2017 08:59 AM MDT
I grew up the son of a professional football player father and a mother who was a model. And while I, unfortunately, inherited my dad’s looks and mother’s athletic ability—I did learn that I can accomplish a lot by working hard and doing the right thing.
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By  Zack Oates
March 05, 2017 10:00 PM MST
I’ve been married for 10,000 hours, which makes me an expert.
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By  Zack Oates
February 06, 2017 10:00 PM MST
I wasn’t afraid of marriage when I was single; I was thrilled for it. I was, however, absolutely petrified of getting bored in my marriage and watching it fall off of one of the four “cliffs” on the path of matrimony:
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By  Zack Oates
January 03, 2017 10:00 PM MST
So you’ve set some goals to be better and, like every other year, at least a few will be dragged through the winter months before becoming fertilizer to the spring flowers of forgetfulness. And yet, goals are one of the things in life that we need to stay spiritually alive, whether we accomplish all of them or just a few.
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Fun
By  Zack Oates
December 28, 2016 10:00 PM MST
I was at the barber one day in Utah when it came up that I had lived in New York City.
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By  Zack Oates
August 12, 2016 12:01 PM MDT
My wife and I recently went to Austin, Texas, to go to a concert with another couple. We got to the venue and saw a line wrapped around the block. After going into an underground lot and practically signing away our first child for permission to park there, we found the venue again and proceeded to walk three blocks to the end of line. After waiting for a while, the women had to use the restroom. Thirty minutes later, they came back with new shoes they had bought (I was confused, but my buddy who has been married a few years longer than me didn’t look surprised at all).
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By  Zack Oates
July 08, 2015 09:05 AM MDT
“Choose your love and love your choice.” When Thomas S. Monson made that statement, I thought I understood what he was saying.
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By  Zack Oates
June 25, 2015 09:34 AM MDT
I had just received the news through some not-so-subtle hints.
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By  Zack Oates
May 06, 2015 09:15 AM MDT
At the start of this year, I got tired of not being able to see the world. So, with careful financial planning, I began my efforts to hit my goal of visiting six continents in six months. I’m already up to three!
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By  Zack Oates
April 14, 2015 09:43 AM MDT
Death was slowly reaching out his shaky fingers toward my Great Uncle Paul.
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