You Just Can’t Talk to Some People

A little after 7 PM, Mountain time, on the evening of August 15, 2018, Sam Young was standing on the sidewalk of South Temple Street in Salt Lake City wearing a business suit over a striped shirt and tie and a baseball cap on his head.  He was addressing a crowd of some dozens, perhaps,…

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Protecting the Kids, a play in one scene

[We are in the hallway of a chapel, just outside of the bishop’s office. The bishop approaches with his keys in his hand to open the door, but is stopped by Bro. and Sis. Jones before entering.] Bro Jones: Bishop! So glad we found you.  Can we have a quick word with you? Bishop:  Sure,…

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To Belong

What does it mean to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?[1]  This may seem, at first blush, to be a relatively simple question.  On one hand, the answer is quite simple.  One who is a member of the Church, belongs to the Church.  Everyone baptized into the faith is a member…

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It’s a TRAP!!!

I have been watching with interest, and severe disappointment, the drama unfolding on South Temple Street in Salt Lake City this week.  A group called Protect LDS Children, PLDSC for short, has been inviting a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to come sit in a camp chair on the sidewalk across the…

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