Quarreling
Borrowing A Jack
Just over a month ago (3 April 2024) we were caught in a sudden deluge of rain as we left the Meridian Idaho Temple. I could just barely see the yellow line to my left enabling me to keep my car in its lane. I didn’t dare stop or move to the side of the road or we’d have been hit by cars following us.
Read MoreTaking Offense
I think it was Brigham Young who said, “He who takes offense when no offense was intended is a fool. He who takes offense when offense is intended is also a fool.”
I neither take offense nor give it, so I am completely baffled by last Saturday evening’s encounter. There are some people around whom you have to tiptoe and be very careful. If I was to name those people, my niece, Jacque Cobb, would not be on the list.
Surveys and Lawsuits
While touring the grounds of the Seattle Temple we stopped to visit with the security man who told us a story.
The Church bought the 28-acre site hoping to build a temple, but the city of Bellevue was reluctant to issue the permits that would be necessary. No help was forthcoming, and the temple’s construction was in doubt. Meanwhile the Church resurveyed the property—more than once. It was found that the city’s fire station was six inches over the line on the Church’s property.
Bullies and Fighting
Growing up in Iowa my grandfather was a scrawny kid that the bigger boys liked to pick upon. He often remembered with shame being chased home from school. As a young father these memories all came back as he observed several terrified boys being chased down the street by another. Conflicting emotions arose within him when he realized that the boy doing the chasing was his own son.
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