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Archive for October, 2008

Finding the Lost Sheep

Posted by david on October 12th, 2008

As a member of the HP Group Leadership, I accepted an assignment to work with ward leaders to identify individuals on the ward roster who nobody seems to know – the “Lost Sheep” – so that we can reach out to them. What I thought would be a quick problem to solve turned into [...]

The Secret Life of Earl Johnson IV

Posted by Eric Nielson on October 8th, 2008

“The Anderson’s are sure a nice couple”, said Earl’s wife.
“Yes they are”, replied Earl.
“They moved here from California, you know”, she added.
“What part?”, asked Earl.
“San Francisco, I think. I wonder why they don’t have any children?”
“Maybe they can’t.”, Earl suggested.
“Or maybe they don’t want children yet.”, she offered.
“It’s really none of our business.”, Earl concluded. [...]

Philosophy

Posted by Yam on October 3rd, 2008

In my previous post about certainty, I wrote that the feeling of being certain, of having the right answer, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have that right answer–that feeling certain is an emotion, one which can get in the way of humility and learning.
It’s natural to ask how this squares with having a testimony of [...]