Over the past few years, I have become fascinated by the concept of adoption. After my wife and I were married, we were blessed with two children very quickly. Taylor came first, just over ten months from the day we were married, and Trenton followed just fifteen months after Taylor was born. All of a…
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For all that might be said about Mormon culture and any of its associated foibles and weaknesses, there is one thing that I will always love about “those Mormons.” The attribute of Mormon’s that I love so much is something that has gotten them, as a people, through some of the most troubling times any…
Today, I went to lunch with a man about my same age that told me that he thinks his wife wants to divorce him. He said it sort of jokingly, but as we talked further, I could tell that he was sort of serious and a bit worried. So instead of just laughing it off,…
About two years ago, I wrote a blog called “A Letter From A Dad To Carl’s Jr. and The Women in Their Commercials.” That article set off a Twitter storm with this tweet: “Love your food, hate your commercials” which subsequently bombarded Carls Jr.’s Twitter mentions feed. When it happened… it told me a couple things:…
My wife and I tend to have the same conversation with acquaintances on a regular basis. We go through all the small talk and it usually ends up in someone asking us what our kids are into. We proceed to tell them that they’re in a really great choir. “Oh… that’s cool” they normally say in a…
Some people feed the missionaries out of guilt. Some people feed them because they were assigned by the ward missionary meal coordinator. And some people feed them because they just absolutely love to feed the missionaries. Here are the 4 major reasons why we absolutely love to feed the missionaries: 1. Each Missionary Has A…
For some reason, our society has determined that real men are supposed to be pigs. Men aspire to it. Women have come to accept it and many times expect it. People say that men just can’t help it. That it’s in their DNA to be that way…and that there’s really not much anyone can do about it….
Way back in the day when I was just a little guy, I used to be really awesome at roller skating. I know that makes me sound like a gigantic dork but hey…it was cool at the time. When I was 13 or 14 years old…I was doing some sweet nerd moves on my skates…
There are a lot of reasons why I love the LDS Church but there’s one concept in particular that I love more than any other. This one concept that I’ve fallen in love with in Mormonism is foreign to all other Christian churches and religions. This concept is doctrinally denounced by the Christian leaders of the world. Pastors and…
Pornography has subtly become the most destructive weapon on earth against humanity. It’s a masked monster, a trojan horse, and a destroyer of everything that is pure. It’s claiming victims, and wiping out the moral compass of millions of people worldwide and it’s not just men that are being effected. Women are increasingly becoming addicted…