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church news published an interesting article a couple of years ago about preventing conflict from becoming contention. the article reports about a 2015 byu education week class taught by a consultant named kevin r. miller. i think he made some good points. conflict is a part of life. it is not to be...

i wonder if this relates to norwegian sakte-tv. this is a form of television in which an ordinary event is shown in its complete length. examples include a 7-hour train ride, 12 hours of nonstop knitting, and an 18-hour fishing trip. the idea of filming in real-time has been explored before but it b...

to avoid contention, we need to understand what contention means. elder oaks wrote a chapter about avoiding contention in his book, the lord's way . he offered this definition: Since this word and its variations (such as contend ) have several meanings in the scriptures, it is necessary to emphasize...

this month’s ensign includes an article by therapist lori cluff schade, called “marriage, technology, and emotional infidelity.” the article cites a well-known researcher named john gottman. gottman has been cited in various church publications over the years. he found that one of the most common wa...

happy birthday!

the stripling warriors said “we do not doubt our mothers knew it.” i don’t doubt our mother knows. what’s the difference between mothers who know, and mothers who don’t know? mothers who know desire to bear children. they honor sacred ordinances and covenants by bringing their children to sacrament ...

it will be good to see the mormon tabernacle choir participating in inaugural ceremonies again. in recent years they were invited by ronald reagan, george h.w. bush and george w. bush. they were not invited by bill clinton or barack obama. ronald reagan called them "america's choir." georg...

When I was a young medical student, my rigorous study of the human body convinced me that God lived. And as I came to know that the body was God’s creation, I became increasingly intrigued with the laws of God that govern the function of the body. Through extensive laboratory research, I later lear...

our religion is under attack, and particularly our beliefs regarding gender and sexuality. these beliefs are fundamental to our religion and essential to a successful family. regarding gender and sexuality, we believe : “gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eter...

thanks, great talks. "laws are laws."

elder wilford w. andersen of the seventy visited us this weekend for our stake conference. he gave a great talk about faith. he said that faith is not merely a "positive mental attitude." he taught about three requirements to obtain real, powerful faith: 1. we must place our faith in Jesus...

actually, the AAP analyzed function in their 2012 technical report . they determined that the scientific literature “does not support the belief” that circumcision adversely affects function. from a scientific standpoint, the foreskin may play a role during the fetal period, but it has no known func...

i'm not aware of any medical organization that currently “recommends” circumcision. the AAP, for example, announced in 2012 that: “new scientific evidence shows the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks of the procedure, but the benefits are not great enough to recommend ro...

the AAP is the largest pediatric organization in the world. based on years of scientific research, they concluded that “the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.” their position has been endorsed by other large medical research organizations. this appears to reflect the ma...

it seems to me that parents ought to weigh health benefits and risks, based on current scientific evidence. the findings published by the AAP, CDC, WHO, and other large organizations seem to be based on medical science. the AAP, for example, has the largest pediatric publishing program in the world....