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ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY
Some people just can’t or won’t take responsibility for their own actions.
Read MoreTHOUGHTS ON HOLDING AND USING THE PRIESTHOOD
To hold the Priesthood of God is an honor, a privilege, a sacred trust, and a heavy responsibility.
Read MoreIRONY
Irony is when the outcome is different than what is expected.
Read MoreAMAZING MORNING
> Book Menu: CoverTable of Contents Categories: All Articles, Creation, Gratitude, He Being Dead Yet Speaketh AMAZING MORNING I have an appointment to keep each morning with the sun. Depending upon the date, that appointment varies from 5:16 to maybe 7:30 a.m. I’m sitting in my living room watching the sun rise. From doing this…
Read MoreAMBUSHED
Each morning for the past seven months I have gotten up thinking about my grandson,
Read MoreFROM DEATH UNTO LIFE
The Book of Mormon contains many very remarkable statements. Consider this one:
Read MoreTHE MADE UP MIND
Marjorie and I dated for five years before we were able to be married
Read MoreDOCUMENTING DEMENTIA’S DESCENT
Today Adam came to diagnose the problem with my riding lawn mower.
Read MoreFINISHING THE SCRIPTURES
Some verses of scripture are in need of embellishment :
Read MoreSOMETHING TO LOVE
One of the most basic human needs is to have someone, or something, to love.
Read MoreFOOLS MOCK
One of the most disquieting things of life is to have people laugh at you.
Read MoreMY SPELLING LIST
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Read MoreJAMES’ AND MARJORIE’S BLOOD TESTS
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PRIESTHOOD LINE OF AUTHORITY
James Elwin Kerns who was ordained a High Priest 20 July 1980 by
Read MoreFRUIT BLOOM DATES
Apricot Bloom Dates Cherry Bloom Dates
Read MoreRED MOUNTAIN BARE SPOT
Dates the bare spot first appeared in the snow field on Red Mountain
Read MoreLETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
To Whom It May Concern,
Read MoreKNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY
Things I wish I’d known before knee replacement surgery, but wasn’t told.
Read MoreHIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY
Things I wish I’d known before hip replacement surgery, but wasn’t told.
Read MoreJAMES E. KERNS RESUME
Personal Data, February 2020
Read MoreRATING MY CALLINGS
The best and most enjoyable calling that I’ve had was being a temple ordinance worker.
Read MoreANIMAL BEHAVIORS
I’ve observed some unusual animal behaviors that need to be put together and recorded.
Read MoreESSENTIAL TO THE PLAN
The first time I came to Fathers and Sons Outing, my 3- or 4-year-old boy spent the entire time going up and down the long mud slide that used to e
Read MoreLIVING WITH DEMENTIA
When you acquire dementia, you lose your memory. It’s a trade off.
Read MoreWHY I LOVE YOU
I love your gentleness. I’ve known you now for 61 years and I’ve never seen you angry.
Read MoreEPHRAIM AND THE BIRTHRIGHT
How and why did Ephraim get the birthright? Of the 14 men who were eligible, Ephraim was the youngest.
Read MoreMY JOB
I think Marjorie married me for my heat. She
Read MoreMARJORIE THE PEACEMAKER
Ivy has to give a Mother’s Day talk in sacrament meeting tomorrow. (11 May 2025).
Read MoreTERRY FISHER
I sat across from my grandson Ammon last Sunday at the Baker Valley Ward linger longer
Read MoreMISUNDERSTANDINGS
Back in the 1970s the teachers in our Baker school district went on strike.
Read MorePAPYRUS, PARCHMENT, AND PAPER
There is currently a lot of noise in the world concerning tariffs.
Read MoreTHE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD
When he was in high school my granddaughter’s husband bench pressed 650 pounds.
Read MoreNOT WICKED, BUT FOOLISH
In the April 2025 general conference Camille N. Johnson made an important observation. She pointed out that the five virgins
Read MorePI
In the middle of the night I found myself asking a very strange (for me) question
Read MoreBEST JOKES
1. The doctor said to the woman: “I don’t like the looks of your husband.”
Her response
HANDY POEMS TO HAVE MEMORIZED
Miser’s Epitaph
Read MoreGEOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS
Back in the 1960s or 70s Bond Jobe, a well driller from John Day, showed us how to do water witching. You straighten out two coat hangers
Read MoreABRAHAM MY FRIEND
Tomorrow will be my 78th birthday. Half of those who were born in my birth year of 1947 are already gone.
Read MoreTHE CYCLE OF DISCIPLESHIP
A disciple is a follower, especially one who tries to live the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreMISSIONARY AURAS
A woman in San Francisco answered the knock on her door. She found two handsome, light-filled elders standing on her doorstep. Before they could say a word,
Read MoreHISTORY REPEATS
Today is my mother-in-law’s 119th birthday. .
Read MoreFEELINGS OF SATISFACTION
My grandfather, James Wesley Kerns, lived far out on a ranch in Wyoming.
Read MoreMEMORY
I took my brother to see the doctor.
Read MoreRANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT TIME AND AGE
King Hezekiah was sick. King Hezekiah was going to die
Read MoreTHE MOST IMPORTANT DAY
Today is the most important day of the year, and none of you even realized it. But for what happened on this date 58 years
Read MoreTHE COLLECTOR
“What do you collect? Do any of you collect anything?”.
Read MoreBEST OF THE BEST
Yesterday we were in Boardman, Oregon to watch our grandchildren perform in a play. I’m super proud of my grandchildren.
Read MoreMY DERMATOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE
I had an appointment at Snake River Dermatology in Fruitland, Idaho
Read MoreANGELS
I want to talk to you about angels. who are they, and what do they do?
Read MoreMost Interesting Notes from Volume J and K, World Book Encyclopedia
1. Jacksonville, Florida covers a larger area than any other U.S. city except Juneau, Alaska
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