"Fun Facts Saturday" Ancient History of Salt Salt has been a valuable commodity since before recorded history. Salt came mainly from mines. It also came from salt springs and evaporated seawater. For millennia, salt has been used to season and preserve food. The earliest recorded use of salt was in 6050 BC, when the … Continue reading Salt: Fascinating History and Amazing Uses (Salt Mine Photos)
"Faith on Friday" Serve Him With "All Thy Mind" It well-settled that the more, higher education people receive, the less religious they become. For example, the least religious countries, with religious freedom, are: Sweden (73% irreligious), U.K. (69%), Belgium (64%), Australia (63), Norway (62%), Denmark (61%), Estonia (60%), Germany (60%). However, Latter-day Saints are a … Continue reading The Commandment to Diligently Study the Gospel and the Sin of Intellectual Sloth
"Sunday Sermon" I gleaned the lists of the top “classic” and most "popular” general conference talks. How many do you recognize? What talks would you add? Which talks would you replace? The Purifying Power of Gethsemane – Bruce R. McConkie Beware of Pride – Ezra Taft Benson An High Priest of Good Things to Come … Continue reading Top 30 General Conference Talks
"Fun Facts Saturday" The duck-bill platypus is on every list of “weird” or “unusual” animals. After all, they have webbed feet and a bill like a duck, a body like an otter, and a tail like a beaver. 1. Platypuses were thought to be a hoax. For decades, after platypuses were discovered in 1798, British … Continue reading The Weird Duck-Bill Platypus (10 Fun Facts)
"Faith on Friday" Importance of Hearing and Obeying the Voice of the Lord A major theme of the scriptures is the call to "listen," "hearken," "hear," and "heed the voice of the Lord. This is a divine mandate. Significantly, these verbs are mentioned over 4,100 times in the standard works. In fact, the “Lord’s Preface … Continue reading General Conference: A Time to Hear the Voice of the Lord (Scriptures and Quotes) (Repeat)
"Sunday Sermon" Visions and Visitations of the Savior Countless Latter-day Saints have received visions of our Lord Jesus Christ. I personally know church members who have had night dream-visions of the Savior and the rarer day visions. Generally, these experiences are too sacred and too personal to share publicly. (See: Alma 12:9; Matt. 7:6) A … Continue reading David O. McKay’s Vision of the Savior
"Fun Facts Saturday" Size:-Smallest: only 2 inches long, weigh 1.6 grams.-Largest: 8 inches long. Metabolism: (Species Vary) 150 breaths per minute1200 heart beats per minute50-80 wing flaps per second Migration: (Species Vary)-They migrate individually (alone, solo)-Some fly 4,000 miles between Mexico and Alaska-Some fly 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico in less than a day. … Continue reading Amazing Hummingbirds (Fun Facts)
"Faith on Friday" Suburban Baby Boomers As baby boomers, my wife and I grew up in new middle-class suburbs. We had a “Leave it to Beaver” life. As newlyweds, we moved into a poor inner-city ward in Long Beach, California. We lived in a tiny downtown apartment, with the constant sounds of sirens. We were … Continue reading I Was Not Prepared For Our “Unique” Inner-City Ward
"Sunday Sermon" Visions and Visitations of the Savior Countless Latter-day Saints have received visions of the Lord Jesus Christ. I personally know church members who have had night dream-visions of the Savior, and the rarer day visions. Generally, these experiences are too sacred and too personal to share publicly. (See: Alma 12:9; Matt. 7:6) A handful of church members, primarily … Continue reading George F. Richards, Vision of the Savior
"Fun Facts Saturday" Groups of animals can have very colorful names, like: a "charm" of hummingbirds, a "parliament" of owls, an "unkindness" of ravens, a "murder" of crows, and a "pandemonium" of parrots. The group names for animals come from multiple sources. A lot can be traced back to The Book of Saint Albans (1486) … Continue reading 25 Funny Animal Group Names
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