Archive: Thoughts

Quotes from “Things as They Really Are” Elder Bednar 2009

On May 3, 2009, Elder David A Bednar of the quorum of the 12 Apostles spoke to the young adults of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at a Church Education System fireside. He entitled his fireside, “Things [...]

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Opposition in All Things- The Need for Suffering

Anyone who knows me, knows that I do not like to suffer and I do NOT like pain. I don’t like being sick, I don’t like others being sick or in pain and I do not like suffering. However, even [...]

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My Valentine- Jared Michael McBride

Anyone who has really gotten to know Jared, loves Jared. Once you are Jared’s friend, you are always Jared’s friend. People don’t come and go in his life. People become a permanent fixture in Jared’s wonderful happy world! You can’t [...]

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Valentines Day 2012

Having been married to Jared for over 7 years, I’ve almost forgotten what it was like to NOT have a Valentine and what it was like to be single. I love being married because I am married to Jared McBride. [...]

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Elder David A. Bednar 2.5.2012 Dixie Institute–To Act or be Acted Upon-

On Sunday, Feb 5, 2012, Elder David A Bednar of the 12 apostles spoke at the Dixie State College Institute of Religion. Jared and I ventured over to the Institute and were there 20 or 25 minutes before the fireside [...]

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Uchtdorf- A teacher of God’s Children

  A year ago, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency spoke to the Church Education System about the importance of teaching God’s Children.  He shared five simple guidelines to help teachers teach God’s precious children 1) [...]

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Teach Ye Diligently

In 1991, I was attending Brigham Young University and had declared my major– Physical Education with a minor in Health. I graduated in April of 1995 with a degree in Physical Education, Emphasis in coaching and k-12 Teaching, and a [...]

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Power of Prayer

What would you say to a mother, your friend, who carried her child 9 months and then the child died? How would you comfort her? It is hard to imagine how hard it would be an expectant mother to lose [...]

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Christ Teaches The Importance of Ordinances

I began studying the life, teachings and “teaching style” of the Savior in the book of St Matthew of the New Testament. In chapter 3 of St Matthew, the Savior comes to John the Baptist and requests to be baptized. [...]

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Jesus Christ, The Master Teacher

“When we begin to analyze ourselves and look to improve ourselves as teachers, what better model could we find? What finer study could we undertake than to analyze our ideals and goals and methods and compare them with those of [...]

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