tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post734766526130410025..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: A Story that Broke My Heart - and WhyPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-41419794846743760462012-02-27T00:12:36.244-05:002012-02-27T00:12:36.244-05:00Thanks, TMW. I really like that sort of creativit...Thanks, TMW. I really like that sort of creativity - and the fact that it is solution-focused.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-30662990779274720132012-02-26T19:03:05.790-05:002012-02-26T19:03:05.790-05:00The problem here is a lack of creativity. Keeping...The problem here is a lack of creativity. Keeping the commandments has always been such an either-or, cut-and-dried, black-and-white proposition. Buying on Sunday violates the commandment to sanctify the Sabbath, but donating money to the little girl in return for sharing treats would not. Yes, I'm splitting hairs, but I see it as a way to do real good for the girl without impinging on The Margin Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753915228910639550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-79172137733333060072012-02-06T12:45:04.314-05:002012-02-06T12:45:04.314-05:00What makes this even more disheartening to me is t...What makes this even more disheartening to me is that we, the Church, made that returned missionary what he is, someone who missed the mark, someone who does not have the charity of Jesus written in his heart, who apparently does not live the first two commandments, but someone who has become just like the Jews we Mormons love to criticize from the New Testament times. The RM is a lover of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-37072524317483799382012-02-05T17:12:50.909-05:002012-02-05T17:12:50.909-05:00You often qualify things as "thought provokin...You often qualify things as "thought provoking" when I struggle to find anything provoking most of the time. I think it is mostly cultural. This time I am with you. Absolutely with you. If I get a chance I will share it.Gwennaëllehttp://backandthen.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-88510755779624639962012-02-04T21:07:19.618-05:002012-02-04T21:07:19.618-05:00Places of such bitter poverty are so wrenching.Places of such bitter poverty are so wrenching.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.com