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Chauncey C. Riddle
It is my purpose tonight to paint a picture for you. The picture is one with which you're all very familiar: I propose to talk about the gospel. I hope to say something that will crystalize it in a special way. It's not my intent to say anything new and startling.
I believe that the Savior was sent into the earth to be the key for the solution for every problem. It does not matter what the problem is. It seems to me as I read the scriptures and as I listen to the Brethren, the key to the solution to every problem—every personal, human problem–Is to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him and partake of His goodness.
President Hinckley says that the purpose of the Church is to relieve human suffering. Well, we humans suffer a lot of things. One of the principle things we suffer is the deprivation of much of the good that is our heritage. Of course, through the gospel we may attain this heritage. Our potential, our heritage, is to be as our Father in Heaven–to be as He is, to enjoy all that He has, to be as much as He Is.
But we have been cut off from that potential by the fall of Adam, which fall was necessary because there was no way we could get to that potential without the fall. And so the fall comes as that kindly disposition to remove us from His presence, that we might choose our way back into His presence and into His blessings rather than having it somehow be automatic.
Thus, the way back to Father is a way of covenants, and there are two covenants. First there is the old covenant. The old covenant is described in Abraham Chapter 3. Basically the old covenant says, "You must do everything that God commands, and if you do everything God commands, then you will receive the fullness of the blessings. But, of course, if you happen to slip in any particular, that means you're irretrievably damned forever." Now that's a pretty severe covenant. This is the covenant of justice, and Father represents justice. But Father also represents mercy. And so He sent His Son, knowing that we could not keep that first covenant. He sent His Son with another covenant. And this is the new covenant, or the New and Everlasting Covenant. In the new covenant, we have the privilege of slipping if we should call that a privilege. We can slip and still inherit. But the basic requirement is the same. The requirement is that through repentance we still live up to every commandment that God gives. That is to say, there is nothing short of attaining total perfection that will suffice. We must enter into the way, and become as the Father and as the Son.
You are aware that in the world there are different theories of salvation. The Catholic and Protestant theories of salvation are approximately the same. They differ in some details, but basically what they say is, "Here we have this poor, depraved, blighted human being and we will take this human being and if certain things happen, then we'll take this bucket of whitewash and pour it over him and pretend that he's clean and we will set him up in heaven where he will dwell forever after, worshipping God." That is a bit different from the LDS version.
The LDS version is that there is no bucket of whitewash. What we have to do is to take the bull by the horns and using the gifts of God, work out a new being for ourselves–a new character. God is not going to excuse us in anything. That is to say, if we don't measure up to what he is, then we simply cannot inherit. He gives us all the tools, and then we have to take these tools and build a new self. So we are saved by grace, which is the tools. But we're only saved by doing all that we can do with them. And so as we receive these tools, these blessings, these gifts, these opportunities and seize upon them, then we must enter into the way. And "the way" means we are becoming like Christ. Until we have obtained everything that He possesses and is, we have not come to the end. Of course, we have promised to endure to the end. Thus we have the New and Everlasting Covenant which consists of a series of discrete steps which lead us to come unto the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ.
There is a scripture pertinent to this topic: Moroni 10. I didn't discover this scripture until a couple of years ago; it's amazing, and it was there all the time. It finally hit me and I'm so grateful to realize that it means the Father's plan. Moroni 10:24-25:
"Now I speak to all the ends of the earth, that if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall be because of unbelief. And woe be unto the children of men if this be the case for there shall be none among you that doeth good, no not one for if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God. "
Now to me, that says something really plain. It says, "Here we are in this world, having a choice between good and evil. That's why Adam fell so we would have that choice. And every decision we make is a choice between good and evil. We're not usually aware of that, but if we work at it, we can become aware of it. Most people would think that most of the decisions they make are just sideways, they are not good or evil they are just somehow in there. But my understanding is that every decision is a choice between good and evil and that we can only choose good and do good by the gifts and power of God. And if we refuse the gifts and power of God, then by default we do evil. This of course, is why so much evil is done in the world, some deliberate, some not deliberate.
But evil is simply that which is not up to the celestial standard. It's not up to what Father would have His children do.
There are all kinds of degrees of evil. My understanding is that there are not lots of degrees of good -but that there are many degrees of evil. There can be a little bit of evil and there can be a great evil. But if we do good–do real good–then we do it because we have come to Christ and in Him we have found some good gift and we take this gift and apply it in our lives.
So, for instance, supposing I have grown up in a home where honesty is not valued, and I find it expedient to lie from time to time. What have I got to do? I've got to treasure the Spirit of the Lord so much that I will implore the Father through Christ that He will give me the Spirit of honesty; that He will prick my conscious whenever I tell a lie. Then I must use that prick, that gift, and force myself by the nape of the neck (so to speak) if necessary to stop lying. And when I finally get that habit of being honest firmly ingrained in myself so that I have knee-jerk honesty, then I have to that degree obtained a new character. And that is the process by which we are saved, as I understand, by acquiring every good habit.
We go through our lives, habit by habit, idea by idea, deed by deed, and we reject the evil. Which is to say, we repent of the evil things we have done and the evil things that we are and replace them with good, line upon line, precept upon precept, habit upon habit, idea upon idea, feeling upon feeling, becoming more and more like Christ, culminating finally in the full character of the Savior. And so Moroni says in this same Chapter, verse 32: "Yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in Him, deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and if you deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind, and strength, then is His grace sufficient for you. That by His grace, ye may be perfect in Christ. And if by the grace of God you are perfect in Christ, you can in nowise deny the power of God."
So the goal is to become as the Savior, which means to become absolutely pure in heart, to be entirely enlightened in our minds, which is to have a fullness of truth even as He does, to be renewed in the flesh and receive a celestial body eventually, and finally, to gain all power in heaven and earth, which is to be almighty, even as He is. This is a specific sequence: heart, mind, strength, and might and that's the order in which we must be saved. We don't begin with might, though that is where a lot of people would like to begin. They want to be almighty to start with and believe that the rest of the things will work out. Of course, that would make monsters out of us. So, Father starts at the other end and has prescribed that the first thing, the most fundamental thing we must do is become pure in heart. Our heart is our desires, and when our desires are pure, then we can be trusted with anything and everything.
The question in this life is not, "Are you forgiven of your sins?" because everybody in every kingdom of glory will be forgiven of sins. The question is, "How much can you be trusted?" What kind of assignments could you receive and carry through in the way that the Savior would? That is the true measure of our being. And so as we focus on obtaining the character of Christ, that is the straight and narrow way. To step by step replace the evil in ourselves with good until we have come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
The thing that is absolutely necessary in this life is to gain the pure heart. We don't have to do all of the rest in this life, for there will be much to do when we get on the other side. But one thing that is necessary for those who do have the covenant, the New and Everlasting Covenant, is to get the pure heart. Now the mind can wait, the body can wait, the might can wait–but the pure heart can't wait. The scriptural name for the pure heart is charity. And if we have charity, then we are (will be) possessors of all things. If we don't have charity, we are still nothing. The scriptures are very plain about that. Until we get the gift of charity, we simply can't be trusted.
So that is the absolute fundamental that we must strive for in this world. In this world we build houses, we raise families, we subdue the earth. The purpose of all those things is that in the process, we might build for ourselves a new character, a new personality, a new person, a new being in the image of Christ. But there are obstacles.
Satan is not our main enemy. Oh he is an enemy, that's true. He's not interested in our turning to good at all, but he's not our real problem. The real problem is simply ourself. If we can overcome ourselves, Satan offers no further barrier to us. The real problem is just our own heart. The evil desires within our own heart are the enemy we each have to conquer. Thus, it doesn't matter whether we're born rich or poor, male or female, black or white, bond or free–the human problem is all the same. The problem is, can you work out a new heart Can you become so pure that you have no ill will toward any human being. Your heart needs to be full of love for the Father and the Son and for all other beings, much so that you can be trusted to do the right thing in any circumstance in which you'll be found. That is the goal.
But there are some things that get in our way; pride, for instance. We live in a very prideful world. President Benson has labeled this as the great enemy. Pride is enmity toward God. Pride sums up all the problems. We'll enumerate some others but they are all simply species of pride. Pride says, "I will do it my way." Pride says, "I don't need to be told what to do. I don't need help. I don't need a time-table. I don't need to make promises. I will do it my way." Pride is self-sufficiency. Pride is saying, "I'm good enough as I am. I will find my own way home. I like myself the way I am."
One of the principle things the world would have us say to ourselves these days is, "You're really wonderful the way you are." The world would have us build ourselves up in our own esteem. I don't wish to speak too much on that thing, but it is interesting that so many people in the church have picked up on that false idea which is quite contrary to the teachings of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is plain. Whenever people draw close to the Savior and have their eyes opened and see what they are, they realize they are nothing. Whereas the world would say, "Esteem yourself. Build yourself up in your own eyes. Don't have a bad self-image."
Book of Mormon says, "Realize that you're nothing." That's quite a different philosophy. My understanding is that the way up in the New and Everlasting Covenant is down. That is to say down on our knees, down in the depths of humility, down until we are completely humble before the Savior and ready to do anything and everything he instructs us to do, ready to make any sacrifice, ready to pay any price, ready to work however hard is necessary to do what only he knows what we should do to achieve that goal of the new character that we must have.
Then there's procrastination: "Oh, I'll do it when I get around to it." We don't have forever. One of the doctrines that is interesting in the church is the doctrine of eternal progression. As far as I can tell, there's no scriptural base for this whatsoever. Now there is a correct doctrine of eternal increase, but eternal progression is usually taught in a non-scriptural way. We have to be wary of that.
The way it's often taught as I hear, is that you can go on progressing and repenting forever. If you don't happen to make it before you die, that's all right, you may just go on and do it in the next world. Now there is some truth to that idea in the sense that people who have not had the new and everlasting covenant can repent in the next world and obtain exaltation. My understanding is that those who have had the opportunity in this world and have understood what they've had and have a measure of the fullness of time, they have to accomplish certain things now. It would seem to me that if we really understood the gospel and really believed, we would make our absolute number one priority before we eat or drink or sleep or do anything else any day, to search out the Savior and get His instructions for that day that by nightfall we might be one day closer to the end of becoming as He is. It's so easy to let a day go past filled with our own dreams and expectations and workings and machinations and quite ignore Him and the gifts that He would give us to work out this salvation. But we don't have forever. Procrastination is a great enemy.
And there is perverseness. There's some who say, "I really don't think God has anything to offer me. I really don't want to go to the celestial kingdom." Well, that's interesting because those who say that really don't have any idea what they're turning down. That is really a measure of arrogance to turn down something we know not what it is and say, "Well, what I have now is good enough for me." That is arrogating to ourselves the role of a God (which we are not) and thus is another species of pride.
Then there is pleasure. Some of us have the temptation to live for pleasure and justify ourselves because it feels good. Just because it feels good doesn't mean it is good. Whatever we do has to be right with Father and with the Son.
Then there is prominence. Some people love prominence more than righteousness because it's so fun to look down on other people. They've done studies to show that people would rather have less in total amount as long as they can look down on somebody who has less than they do. We have this human, terrible need to look down on somebody. And the place that I became so well acquainted with this was in grammar school, grade school. I don't know how it is in your life but it was in grade school when my social life was at its worst. The grade school children were meaner and nastier than any group that I've ever been with the rest of my life. How did they get that way? Well, I suppose they learned it from their parents, though I don't know. But I suppose there is an awful lot of latent anger in the population that comes out on children and children reflect that rather honestly. By the time they get to high school they've learned to mask some of it. But my, we have a job to do because that idea of looking down on somebody is so prominent.
And finally, there is power. Some people just like to move and shake things. They love that exhilarating feeling of being in control. They love a motorcycle because it feels so good to race against the wind, to have all that power at your command. Sometimes the power kills them, but they would rather die happy, having power, than to be righteous.
But all of this boils down to pride, and pride is the great enemy. Pride is, again, enmity toward God. The word enmity is interesting. An enemy is one whom we don't love. Enmity toward God is simply not loving him. If we love him, then we search him out, search out his commandments, keep the commandments. That's how we show our love for God. Pride is saying, I don't need God, I can do it quite well by myself, thank you.
Then there is the problem of getting on the path and staying there. We get on the path through baptism. As I study the baptismal covenant, I've become convinced that it is the primary and most important covenant that we make. I believe it's more important than any of the others because it encompasses all of the others.
Let us recount the promises we make in the covenant of baptism. We promise first of all that we will be willing to take upon ourselves the name of Christ. That doesn't mean we are doing so, but that we will do so. We do it partly in baptism. The words "name of Christ" are code words. That is a code phrase for the fullness of the New and Everlasting Covenant. What that says then is that we're willing to go to the end in the New and Everlasting Covenant. What a promise to make! My honest suspicion is that not many people understand what they are doing when they get baptized.
Secondly, we promise that we will always remember him. We will always remember that he is our lodestar. He is the one to whom we turn for everything, to rely alone on his merits, and that we will always remember that we are his children, his servants, and are beholden to him for every good thing.
Thirdly we promise that we will keep every command that he has given us. Now that is a reflection of the old covenant. In the old covenant, the question was: would we keep every commandment that the Lord God would give to us? So the new covenant contains the old covenant, but with a provision that if we have broken it, it may be possible to be restored through repentance and the atonement of Christ and receive the fullness of the blessings anyway, as long as we do endure to the end and prove that we are trustworthy. If we don't endure to the end and don't prove we are trustworthy of course, then there can be for us no such thing as celestial salvation.
If we make those promises sincerely, then we receive the Holy Ghost, which comes to us and is supposed to be a constant companion. The Holy Ghost will constantly give us the guidance, the enlightenment, the gifts that we need to do good and to be good in order to transform our character into that measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Later we may receive the priesthood, which is the opportunity to administer to others blessings of Christ. And then we may receive the endowment. The endowment is the second stage of receiving the Melchizedek priesthood. And in the endowment we are given further special gifts. The word endowment means gift. But the gifts of the endowment are great treasures that a person must have to successfully negotiate certain callings and opportunities in the kingdom. For instance, missionary work. Now, the blessings are there, they are pronounced upon our heads in the endowment. They are not ours just because they are pronounced upon our heads any more than the gift of the Holy Ghost is ours just because hands have been laid upon our head. We have to specifically pray for and gain each of those blessings. The question to you is: Could you name them? Do you know what they are? Do you remember them? Have you learned enough from the endowment ceremony that you could (in your prayers) enumerate the blessings that we have been promised and request them? The question then is, have we claimed those blessings and are we using them to pursue the straight and narrow way and to fulfill the priesthood assignments that we all have?
Then there is temple sealing or marriage. The order of Godhood is an order of marriage. God is first of all a husband and father and a wife and mother. These callings are the greatest callings in the universe. And if we turn our time to other things and do not succeed as husband and father, wife and mother, everything else is really quite beside the point. These are the things that we must do to endure to the end. These are our prime and first responsibilities. So temple sealing brings us a new set of gifts and powers of God. Can you enumerate them? Have you claimed them for your own? Because without the gifts and powers of God, it's impossible to do good. The scripture says if man is offered a gift and he won't receive it, what is the point? He cannot be helped. That may be the situation in which some Latter- day Saints find themselves.
Well now, let's get to the point, how do you stay on the straight and narrow? Let's draw a graph of our life on earth and what we are doing here. Let's call this birth. This is death. Now we're going to show the pattern of people who are in the church. We won't go into the pattern for non-members, for that is a little different. There is a theoretical line from birth to death which goes straight from one to the other and consists of a series of discreet steps. Each of the steps is the receiving and the keeping of a commandment from Father through the Son. So if we were to enter at birth and keep every commandment that God gives us until the moment of our death, that would of course keep the first covenant, Fathers' covenant of justice. It's important that that covenant exists even though none of us can keep it, because that's the covenant by which we are all saved. That's the covenant the Savior had to live so that he could perform the atonement so that the New and Everlasting Covenant could exist for our sake. So we cannot do away with the old covenant. The Savior gained his exaltation through it. We get ours through him. What he now does is to enable us to come at it a little bit differently. We have to get to the same place and the same worthiness, but it's a much easier route than the route that he took to get there. So the life of most normal Latter-day Saints goes all right until we get to the age of accountability and then we wander off the path.
Why do we wander off the path? Because we start willfully disobeying the commandments of God. Now as we do that – every time we break a commandment of God, a little sin or a great sin – we incur a debt. I ask you these questions:
"Riddle: What's wrong with sin? Why does the Father abhor sin?"
Now there are good answers to those questions and there are bad answers, so be careful which one you give.
"Student response: Because if you want to be perfect, you can't sin."
True, but you didn't answer the question. Why does the Father not like us to sin? What you said is true, but … Why? That's the question I'm asking.
"Riddle: Why can no sinful thing enter into the kingdom of God?"
"Student response: Because that's the law."
"Riddle: There's got to be a better answer than that."
"Student response: Anything that's not perfect will deteriorate over time."
"Riddle: That's true."
"Student: So, over eternity, it will self-destruct."
"Riddle: But now the question I'm asking is the question behind that. Why is sin of that sort, of that nature?"
"Many students respond: It is hard."
"Riddle: That's very true. Let me tell you my answer. These are all good answers. Don't mistake me. But, you see, I think there's another answer that is necessary for this case. The debt that we incur is, of course, the debt of sin. And the debt of sin is the fact that whenever we sin, we inflict injury upon other people. Now, you see, what is our goal? To see if we can be trusted. Anybody who is willing to inflict injury upon other people cannot be trusted. And so, the burden of sin is the fact that we have all these wounds that we've done to other people."
There's a myth floating around the world that there are private sins, that there are things you can do that don't affect anybody besides you. You see, whatever we do, we become that. And whenever I think an evil thought, I curse everybody around me. Because then I'm not what I'm supposed to be. We are all supposed to be radiators. Each of us is sent into this world to radiate good after the measure of Christ. That's why we were created. Now, if we take that good and, instead, radiate evil, we're cutting other people off from their blessings; we're cursing them. So every time we keep a commandment of God, we're blessing somebody, probably many people. Every time we break a commandment of God, we're cursing them, and Father does not take it kindly when one of His children curses another of His children. He cannot stand that. He cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. And, therefore, if that burden is on us, you see, He has to cut us off from His spirit and relegate us to worldliness.
Well, most of us follow this pattern. We sin. Then, sometime or other, the Spirit gets through to us, something jars us. We wake up and realize we are not on the straight and narrow anymore. Then the Spirit comes to us and we recognize it. The spirit says, "You must repent." Suppose we were baptized at age 8. We start to sin before we're 8, of course, and that's why we need to be baptized when we're 8. What usually happens to us is a little sin here and then a return to the line at baptism and then a departure again.
Now there is an ordinance we can perform to get the Spirit back when we have sinned if we are truly sorry for what we have done and are willing to repent. What is that ordinance? – the Sacrament. We take the Sacrament, we honestly renew our covenants of baptism, the Spirit comes to us and puts us back on the line and we start to march again. We march along keeping those commandments of God. Now one of the things to remember is that we are born spiritually small. The goal is to become a giant in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Every time we keep a commandment, we grow. Every time we break a commandment, we shrink. If you spend half your time breaking the commandments and half your time living the commandments, what happens to you in this world? You haven't gone anywhere; you just maintain the status quo.
Now, can a person who has only maintained the status quo be trusted? I don't think so. And so there has to be something more than this. Most of us go along for a while and say, "Hey, you know, I've been keeping the commandments. I've been doing so well, I've got so many blessings, I'm doing so much good for other people, I think I deserve a vacation. I'm going to do what I want to for a little bit." So they go off the straight and narrow path again and start incurring this debt of sin. Then they start getting the results of that and realize they've lost the gifts of the Sprit and they're on their own and not doing very much good anymore. And so to get the Spirit back and they take the sacrament again and they get back on the straight and narrow path. They go along for a little ways and decide they're going to be their own man again and they start wandering off. They do more sin, then repent–and thus the pattern repeats itself week after week through life for many people.
One other factor that takes place as we go along here, supposing we've got a little growth, is that as long as we're sinning we carry this tremendous burden of sin with us. It's just strapped to our backs. It's pretty hard to do very much or be very agile or accomplish very much good with that strapped to our backs. When we partake of the covenant, of course, and renew our covenants, the sins are forgiven and the burden is taken off our backs. But the next time we sin, what happens to that burden? The old burdens all come back and we then again carry the burden for every sin we've committed in our life. Now that's a hard doctrine. A lot of people don't believe it. The scriptures are very plain. D & C 82:7. If we sin the old sins come back upon us and we are then responsible for them. When we sin, you see, what are we doing? When we sin, we are saying: "I reject my covenant with Christ. I become responsible for myself." Then there is no Atonement for my sins anymore and I have the whole burden back on me. The only way I can get rid of that again is to perform some ordinance, such as partake of the sacrament, and get the Savior to accept the burden of my sins again.
"SR: There's a problem with your analogy here. The sacrament doesn't bring you back to the straight and narrow line unless your original baptism is truly efficacious."
Riddle: Oh, agreed.
"SR: If the baptism has not been effective, and I am of the opinion that most Latter-day Saints are basically suspended between the law and the spirit of baptism, then by the same token, their partaking of the sacrament doesn't do a thing until they go back and complete the original ordinance."
"Riddle: I'm making a different assumption. I'm making the assumption that it did work and that they did get the spirit and they were forgiven of their sins. Now, you see, in the case you're talking about that's a person who is a member of the Church but it's never taken. I heard President Joseph Fielding Smith say one time that he believed about one-half the members of the church were in that category."
"SR: If what you're saying is so, I cannot conceive that if a person has had an effective baptism, they don't just wander off the straight and narrow path like that."
"Riddle: Oh, they were never on it. If you have had an effective baptism, then you can be on the straight and narrow. Until you have had an effective baptism you cannot get on the straight and narrow."
"SR: Doesn't that effective baptism change the individual ….?"
"R: No, that's why I'm telling the story, because the two are not the same. What you have brought about is that you have emphasized the problem: What does the Lord think when he looks at a person who every week goes off and sins and then takes the sacrament and gets forgiven and then goes and sins again and takes the sacrament? Is that building trustworthiness? No, and yet is that not the pattern of many people who are members of the Church? Now the point of the whole discussion is this: It is important to stay on the straight and narrow. To be trusted we have to show the Lord that for some point in time to the end we would stay on the straight and narrow and not deviate. We must show Him that we love him enough that we'll make all the sacrifices necessary to keep his commandments."
Now, a person who has done that when they get to this point the Savior takes them by the hand and takes them to the Father and says, "Father, this is my child, he/she learned to keep the covenant. He/she kept all the commandments. From this point to this point in their life they were able to abhor sin and I have forgiven them of all their transgressions before that time, and therefore, would you please accept them into your presence and share with them all that you have." And Father is happy to do that, He's more than willing. That's why He lives, to do that.
But, you see what some people want to do is to have a different pattern. They want to get over here close to death and all of a sudden jump up here and be on the path. Why doesn't that work? That's called deathbed repentance, and why is that impossible? Why doesn't it work?
"SR: No work. No track record."
"Riddle: Exactly, there's no track record of trustworthiness. Being sorry for your sins is not enough to get a track record of trustworthiness. So that just doesn't fly, and people who do that, you see, are not much better off than the people who don't get baptized. They probably are a little better off, but that still doesn't suffice."
Now what has to happen? At some point in our life we have to get so tired of this pattern of sinning and being forgiven and sinning and being forgiven that we finally get worried about it and we go to the Lord and we say, "I have tried living the Gospel, I can't do it. I need help." If we honestly have done everything we can to keep the covenants, to keep all the commandments and have been unable, which all of us are, then, if the time is right, we can apply to the Savior for a new heart. We say to him: "I can't do it. The me that now exists cannot be saved, I can see that. Would you make me a new creature and give me a new heart."
This is a special thing that happens to people who have been through all the ordinances and have tried with all their might to do everything they can to keep their covenants. At a certain time the Spirit will prompt them to pray that prayer. They will pray it and the Savior will grant them that blessing. This is what happened to the people of King Benjamin. He was sent to give them that special sermon in the first few chapters of Mosiah because they had apparently done that. They, as a group were then ready to be able to apply to the Lord for a new heart. The scripture manifests that they did apply and they got it. What did they say when they got it? They said, "We have the Holy Ghost. Were it necessary we could prophesy all things." When a person gets that (the new heart) they can be trusted and have a fullness of the Spirit. They can have any spiritual gift they need and any power they need because they will not do anything that is contrary to the will of the Lord. They have then proven that they can be trusted.
Now, our proof that we can be trusted apparently has two phases. The phase before we get the new heart is that we must do all that we can do with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Step one is getting the Holy Ghost in the first place and then living by it. Step two is getting the new heart. Now, getting the new heart is called in the scriptures purification and the scriptures call it having"charity" when we get that pure heart. (In response: Yes, you have to go to a point where you can stand it, be worthy of it.) The scriptures claim it's the most difficult thing in the world to do, and, yet, everybody can do it. Not all of us can become the world's greatest violin player, but everyone can be saved. The Savior's grace is so great that he can make it possible for every individual to become as He is. I think that's a wonderful thing.
"Q: Two questions: First, what you're saying is when having your calling and election made sure …?"
"Riddle: Well, if you have this gift of charity, the pure heart, then you have real hope of having your calling and election made sure. The other question?"
"Q: A gentleman asked if you would respond to his question saying President Smith quoted half the members of the Church – what was the specific …?"
"Riddle: They had been baptized but had not been born of the Spirit. I conduct the baptisms in our stake, and it's interesting to me how many times I hear little children told, ""Now that you've come up out of the waters of baptism, your sins are washed away."" As far as I can tell, that's an absolutely false doctrine. Water doesn't wash away any sins, ever. It's the blood of Christ that takes away sins and the occasion for that remission is when a person receives the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost. Water is for the remission of sins, just like a marriage license is for getting married. But you aren't married just because you have got the license. You have to go through the ceremony itself."
"Q: The baptism with fire comes a lot later usually?"
"Riddle: No, it's supposed to come right then. The baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost is supposed to come in conjunction with the baptism of water. But in real practice it doesn't and didn't for me I'm sure. I didn't have any idea of what it was."
"Q: I've heard that the Atonement covers those sins that are done before we're 8, but …"
"Riddle: That's right. The Atonement covers those that are done before we're 8 if we die without baptism."
"Q: Well, why aren't we taught better to be prepared at 8?"
"Riddle: Well, whose responsibility is it? It is the parent's responsibility. Why don't the parents teach their children? I don't know. It's different for every parent, I guess.
"Q: My parents taught me, but what I'm saying is I didn't feel the witness of the Spirit."
"Riddle: This Sister's comment is that at age 8, she didn't feel this great event take place. My answer to that is simply that the gospel system is so wonderful that it can pick us up and take us from that point forward whenever we wake up to this thing. So it doesn't matter if we're 24 or 48 when we finally realize what the covenant of baptism is about. If we then make the covenant with full purpose of heart, then our spiritual life can finally begin. I think it's true that there are a lot of people that don't make the connections when they're 8; there are a few that do. I have interviewed a couple of kids that I thought were really ready for baptism, but most are not. You tell them the words, but it doesn't sink in. Now, if the parents start telling them the words at age 1, by the time they're 8 they really understand. Little children are given the Spirit to understand those things. If the parents start to tell them the words the day before the baptism, not much happens."
"Q: I've heard that we should not take the Sacrament unless we have repented …"
"Riddle: Have you listened to the prayer?"
"Q: Yes, it's a covenant that we'll continue on with our baptismal covenant, but"
"Riddle: Well, let me just express my opinion. The Sacrament is a renewal of the covenant of baptism, and truly the Sacrament doesn't take away our sins. It's the Atonement that takes away our sins. But it's a way of making promises to Father again and to the Savior so that the Atonement can become effective in our lives. And I think there is a definite connection between the Sacrament and the forgiveness of our sins because the prayer says so, does it not? So I don't know what your source is on that. Let me be clear about what I'm saying. I'm painting a picture for you. It is obvious the picture that I'm painting is not the same as your picture exactly. It is not intended to be. I don't pretend that mine's true and yours is not true. I'm a painter; I'm not a photographer. I can't take a snapshot of the gospel the way it really is. I just have to portray it in words the best I understand it. Now my hope is that I have captured something that will cause you to want to look more closely into the gospel, maybe to repaint your own painting, not because of what I say but because you go back to the Lord and back to the Spirit and back to the scriptures and to the brethren and find out from them what you should think. Don't take me as an authority; I'm not here to be an authority. I'm here simply to stimulate your mind to think certain thoughts and ask certain questions, and if you ask the questions I'm happy. I don't care what the answer you come up with is. That is between you and the Savior. But I think it's important that we raise the questions; that's my job. And that is what we are to do in the Church for one another is to encourage each other, to ask the right questions, and then go to the right source for the answers. And the right source for every question is the Father through the name of our Savior."
"Q: I've heard you in a class before at BYU and so I know that you know quite a bit about this, and so I would ask that the main motivation we have in looking at what the prophets have said about freedom in the press is that the principles of the gospel can be applied to the political question that you're approaching. In other words, our commandments provide a system which we obey, and as we depart from that path we become captive to various forces. Then there comes a point where only Jesus Christ can save us from that captivity. There's a time of appropriation, for example, that we have to adhere to that path very strongly and show the Lord that there is a group of people that will adhere to these principles of freedom, both politically and religiously, and then He can come and deliver those people and essentially usher in a Zion society. That is, in my estimation, the equivalent of a calling and election made sure. In other words, the question is this: you painted out this gospel scenario, and the question I would like to ask is ""Could you tie that into the political arena and the questions that are raised there and our responsibilities as members of the Church in that area?"
"Riddle: My understanding is that what I've painted is the picture for the individual. You ask what does the group do? You can't save the group without saving the individuals. So I would say, if you want to do something good for your country, become a servant of Christ, and then through his gifts and powers you will know what good things should be done civically and politically. Now, it is not possible, I understand, to have a good civil government without having good people. And so, this is fundamental to every good thing in the world. If you ""want to have good science, or good art, or good education, you first remake the person in the image of Christ and the other will follow. So I believe that the big gap in our preparation for the future is this individual work. And that while we need to be civically active and do all that we can, the more important thing is to come to Christ and be perfected in Him so that when we do have opportunity to act civically, we will promote good and not evil. Does that make sense?"
"Q: Yeah, except I think that you can look at it this way, that is the first coming of Jesus Christ had to do with this type of thing, the gospel as individual redemption, an individual departs from the path of righteousness and needs be redeemed, and that there is a judgment, the law of justice that has to be fulfilled and Christ's Atonement pays that price. His Second Coming, though, I see as being a very political salvation, saving a group of people, saving a nation that needs salvation. And so I see that there are essentially two arenas, both of which we need to be righteous per se, in other words, it's not. . You say that if we are righteous within a gospel framework then our righteousness in a government frame would automatically follow and I don't necessarily see that connection because I see a lot of really good people who I think have the gospel down, but yet are able to ignore what the prophet has said and are not fulfilling their political responsibilities."
"Riddle: What makes you think they're good then?"
"Q: I don't think they are."
"Riddle: My opinion on that is simply this: when the Savior came the first time, the Jews were angry with Him because He would not smite the Romans. They wanted a political kingdom, the Messiah they thought was a king. He came offering to forgive them of their sins, they didn't want forgiveness of their sins, they wanted freedom. I think the situation is really not much different this time. The Savior comes first offering forgiveness of sins individually. If we will accept that and go with it, He will give us the freedom politically. But if we reject the personal freedom, the other freedom really doesn't have much meaning. My belief is that there's not that much difference between the First and Second Comings. This is not a time of greater political activity than there was then. There was some then, and those Jews who were faithful in that time – not just Jews but anyone who was faithful – received their reward. For some of them it was a temporary reward as well as a spiritual one, for some it was only spiritual because they had to die. I think some of us today are going to have to die. But the important thing is, do we preserve our souls in the process? Now, we have a kingdom to bear off, we have a freedom to preserve, a national integrity to preserve, but again you see, if we don't have the righteousness to go to the Lord to get from Him the instructions as to how to do that, we're likely to wind up as persons who are vehemently pursuing a skewed cause."
"Q: Let me state it this way: If our end goal is to become kings and queens, priests and priestesses."
"Riddle: Yes, but that must be as becoming a humble child of Christ."
"Q: But in Luke it says kings or queens which I see as being a government responsibility increases in being a religion directed by the responsibility, so how can we become kings and queens in God's kingdom if we just do not understand His government and seek to establish that upon the earth? A response to this question or perhaps this statement that Christ came the first time, having been convicted – they were looking for a political Messiah so they crucified Him. And then the gospel was taken from the Jews, marking His rejection religiously and then was taken to the Gentiles. And in the Latter Days, the Gentiles I think are expecting a religious Messiah and are going to reject Christ politically, and it's going to be that rejection that is going to then be the result of the gospel going from the Gentiles to the House of Israel. And only those who understand Christ politically – His government – are the ones who are going to be a part of His House of Israel Kingdom."
"Riddle: It sounds to me as if you might be getting close to that dangerous point of saying that the political is more important than the spiritual. I hope you aren't saying that. Because I surely don't believe that."
"Q: What I'm saying though, is just that the political is much more important than just one of the responsibilities we need to do. I see it as being a major portion of our responsibilities here today."
"Riddle: Well, I don't fight that. But you see, if we don't lay the foundation, in being a servant of Christ, then we're likely to be one of these persons who gets off the track. I'm sure you are aware that Utah County spawns more apostate LDS churches than any other county on earth. We're also probably the strongest LDS county on earth. And so, right here in the heart of the Church is where both the good and the evil fight it out. And we have to be careful that we don't let ourselves get twisted or taken off the path in any way. I frankly see some people who get so enamored of some side issues, like polygamy, like the United Order, sometimes even political things, that they forget the main point which is to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him. And they think they're going to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him by doing these other things first, but I think that's a mistake. I think we must come unto Christ first and be perfected in Him so that we can do all these other things in His grace, in His goodness, in His power, and in His way, and that's the message for us. Whatever we are: if we're a father, that's how you be a good father; if you're a city councilman, that's how you be a good city councilman; if you're a public school teacher, that's how you be a good public school teacher; if you're a farmer, that's how you be a good farmer. I think whatever our lot in life is – as citizens, as parents, as professional people – it all depends on whether we come unto Christ and do what we do in the measure of His glory. So, I don't think I'm really opposing what you say."
"Q: I think all things are spiritual. . in talking about politics, if you have government, you know everything is spiritual and so if you talk about individual, it applies to"
First – spiritual, second – temporal D & C 29:31.
"Q: Also, If it is temporal it isn't spiritual and anything spiritual isn't temporal as well. They're all tied together."
"Riddle: Agreed."
"Q: I stand just to add my witness to yours Chauncey, that the gospel is a sweet, essential process that we need to understand which we can by studying the scriptures, by listening to the prophet and by seeking the Holy Ghost to guide us in our lives, to bring us closer to Christ. I've appreciated your presentation. It's fulfilled a good purpose and I'm a little concerned when we start wanting to have some technical questions. I hope we can conclude now with your testimony rather than answering technical questions. My fear is, if I may express it openly, that the doctrine you preach is hard, very difficult for people to humble themselves, and to truly know the Lord and to say, ""I need your help, I'm weak, I've made a lot of mistakes, I don't want to do it anymore, please help."" And I think that's the direction you've pointed us. And I don't want to be distracted with further technical questions if they could be handled privately with you and those who might have them afterwards. I've appreciated your marvelous message. And I add my witness that those principles are true."
"Riddle: Thank you Brother Wardle. (clapping) I would like to say again, please don't believe what I've said. Do ask Father about the things that I have talked about. I think they're very important. This is a wonderful kingdom. I am grateful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and to be acquainted with the restoration of the gospel because I know that the power is here. There is power in this priesthood. There are gifts of the spirit. There is hope in Christ and in Christ comes every good thing and I bear that testimony in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."


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From a harder-edged spiky modernism to a more seductive post-modern tonal palette, Australian composer Brenton Broadstock's music is reflective of his deep social conscience. This recording is part of the Australian Composer Series performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
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I left my job around awards season. Just a year before, I was attending the Globes and the Oscars in designer gowns and posing for photos (which I, of course, posted) holding the coveted golden statues. This time, I was at home perusing Facebook, feeling sorry for myself.
Easter made me feel inadequate. Every post featured a kid in their Sunday best complete with bonnet and basket. I have no children and my nephews and nieces live far away. So my husband and I spent the holiday doing laundry, going to Costco and sitting next to one another in silence while we each Facebooked. I'm sure it was just as special.
Spring break was filled with bikini-swathed, beach-ready bodies in exotic locales, each picture more envy-inducing than the next. Tropical cocktails adorned with fruity accouterment, sizzling sunsets, chic caftans...
I couldn't take it anymore. With Mother's Day looming and the threat of 300 or so of my "friends" boasting about breakfast in bed and their pride and joy, I logged off. For good.
Or a week or so, at least. Hey, I'm as guilty as the next. I scroll, update and post on the regular. There's a reason it is 800 million users strong and counting. Facebook is addictive. You feel inclined to read, stalk and share. Only in this forum would stalking be the more acceptable practice of the three. In this case, it's the sharing that's the problem.
No one posts about the mundane. Unless, of course, you're one of those people, in which case, let's talk. There's a fine line between sharing and over-sharing. Find it, people. Take some time to contemplate the do's and don'ts of social networking. Posting about the difficulties of your day in a hilarious fashion? Do. Posting the minutia of your moment-less morning: wakeup time, workout results, to-do list.... Don't. Some things are better left unshared.
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NORTH LIBERTY– In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, the phrase "if you build it, they will come" was coined. In 2011 Dr. Ryan Veatch said to himself, "If you build something nice, hopefully people will notice and come to it."
An optometrist by trade, and owner of Blink Vision by Veatch, Dr. Veatch's vision transformed a vacant parcel of land at the corner of Hwy. 965 and West Cherry St. in North Liberty into a thriving and upscale commercial development. Construction on StoneBridge Promenade began in the fall of 2011, and businesses began opening their doors this spring.
The success saga began in the spring of 2011 when the doctor began scouting out locations for a new office to house his practice. He was in a former dentist's office in a commercial development in Oakdale, and had outgrown the facility. North Liberty seemed to be the logical destination.
"The whole corridor is growing strongly," Dr. Veatch said. "Unemployment is low in the area, housing is still increasing. I believe it is attributable to the area's large employers (the University of Iowa and Rockwell Collins as examples). It just seems like the place to be."
The empty two-and-a-half acre parcel adjacent to Hwy. 965 and West Cherry caught his eye. It seemed ripe for development. When he learned the City of North Liberty was going to install traffic signals, he knew the land would be a prime location for development. "I knew it was going to come together, the corner was ready for something."
Dr. Veatch purchased the parcel from St. Luke's Hospital, as well as two small parcels from the neighboring bank with a vision of an upscale business community. In a city seemingly defined by its plethora of strip malls, Dr. Veatch knew this development would need to be different; distinctive, even.
Aspect Design of Cedar Rapids was hired for the overall design job. After several revisions, the designers came up with the exterior look Dr. Veatch desired. The next challenge was finding the right stone for the veneer. Kings Material found and delivered that stone. With all four sides of the two buildings visible, and the trend to only beautify one or two sides, Dr. Veatch directed all four sides to be given the stone treatment, for consistency and for esthetics. "I wanted the look to be unified, so I spent the extra time to make it look nice."
The Lee Design Group (Russ Lee) tackled the landscaping, taking on the challenge of combining the buildings and their surroundings into one cohesive entity. Other contractors on the project included: Smith & Wood Construction, Inc. (general contractor); Johannes Architectural Woodworking; Dalton Construction, Inc.; Stumbo Wood Products; Advanced Tinting Solutions; Andy Fiala (carpet installation); Broulik Painting and Wall covering; Colony Heating & Air Conditioning; Corridor Drywall, LLC; Focal Point Interiors; FUEL, Inc. (marketing, branding and design); Gilbaugh Masonry, Inc.; Glass Concepts; Guardian Security Systems, Inc.; Intelec; McComas Lacina Construction; Merit Electric, Inc.; Muller Plumbing and Heating, Inc.; Stan Brown Painting; S&S–Nate Sundblad; The Water Shop; Tim Ellsworth; and The Rock Shop (granite counter tops).
Dr. Veatch also had praise for the efforts of Tred Schnoor, of Schnoor-Bonifazi Engineering, and Chris Neal, owner of Focal Point Interiors.
The team approach even extended to his wife Susie, to whom the doctor gives much credit. "She has a great eye for detail and is a great sounding board." Susie, the marketing director for Kinze Manufacturing, also came up with the name StoneBridge Promenade.
"I wanted a classy name that was memorable." Susie was inspired by the pond behind the complex, with its partial stone bridge.. The word promenade was a more preferable option than typical names like plaza, or centre. Veatch also wanted to avoid names with an obvious cliché. "Promenade goes with the unique look we've created."
The look was influenced by retail neighborhoods in Aurora and Naperville, Ill., where Dr. Veatch spent time while in optometry school. The doctor said he fell in love with the feel of the neighborhoods with their brick and stone, as well as black giving a tuxedo look he described as very crisp.
When the ground was broken and construction started, Dr. Veatch had no tenants lined up. "It was a completely blank slate," he said. Now, the complex is 80 percent full. "I had a hunch that if I put something together like this, it would fulfill an un-met need." The doctor explained an upscale facility like StoneBridge would provide an opportunity for tenants to showcase their products and services in a building they're proud of.
One tenant who jumped at the opportunity was the Bluebird Café. Lacey Willis, one of three owners, said she saw the plaza being built and knew the location (and market) was right. The Bluebird opened in April and has quickly become a popular spot for breakfast and beyond.
Dr. Veatch said building his office and the complex in general went as smoothly as possible and expressed his appreciation to the City of North Liberty for its assistance.
"I think North Liberty is excited for the look and the feel," he said, suggesting StoneBridge may well have set the bar higher for future developments, or show that the community is ready for this type of development. Already an idea is forming for a two-story, 4,000 square foot professional building, which will someday be located behind the neighboring bank. "This property has gone so well, I've secured property on the south side for expansion, when the time is right."
StoneBridge Promenade had it's grand opening on July 14, with three hours of special offers at the individual businesses, a live remote radio broadcast, a bouncy house for the kids and even a juggler slinging flaming torches. Dr. Veatch estimated between 1,000 and 2,000 people visited.
"I'm really thrilled and pleased to be in the North Liberty community," Veatch said. "It's a growing and vibrant community with great leadership and a vision for the future. It's exciting to be in the middle of it. It's good to be in the center."


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We visited Jamestown and Yorktown today. They are an interesting matched set because Jamestown marks the beginning of the British presence in the New World and Yorktown marks its end.
I found Jamestown unexpectedly interesting. We started off at the Commonwealth of Virginia's site, which isn't on the original archaeological spot, but is nearby. It consists of reproductions of the ships that brought the settlers there in 1607, of the Indian village, and of the settlement compound. It was all very well done.
As is always the case, there is no one who tells history better than the passionate amateur. The people who are playing roles clearly adore what they are doing and are happy to share it with anyone who has a question, even if it's the same question over and over and over again.
I liked even more the actual archaeological Jamestown site, which is part of the National Park System. It was only identified in 1994, and has been heavily excavated since then. One has a real sense of history there.
I'm sure that part of my pleasure was due to the wonderful NPS guide. He had a marvelous deep, gravely voice and was so excited by the story he told. I took a picture, but it doesn't show his dynamism.
Yorktown was a bit less interesting. The area dedicated to re-enactments is in the early phase of its development so there wasn't much to see.
The young people who worked there however were delightful and well worth the price of admission. They knew what they were talking about and conveyed it lucidly and with charm and humor.
We ended the day driving from one pivotal Yorktown siege site to another. The kids were tired and overloaded at this point, though, so we didn't get too much out of it. Tomorrow, we head for Monticello and parts west and east.
Finally, I have to say once more how staggeringly beautiful Virginia is. I would be in love with its lushness even if I weren't living through a drought back home in California.
As always, please pardon typos. Because I took the pictures on my iPhone, I'm doing the blogging on my iPhone which is a challenge to say the least.


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Iran crowned 2017 AFC Beach Soccer champions
Kuala Terengganu: Islamic Republic of Iran were crowned AFC Beach Soccer Championship Malaysia 2017 champions on Saturday after beating the United Arab Emirates 7-2 in Kuala Terengganu.
The UAE's Haitham Mohamed opened the match with an impressive effort which Iran goalkeeper Seyed Hosseini saved well, but it was to be Iran who would draw first blood, Moslem Mesigar tapping home from close range to hand his side an early lead.
Clearly boosted by their goal, Iran immediately doubled their advantage through Hosseini's impressive strike, before Iran skipper Mohammad Ahmadzadeh's fired a volley just inches wide.
With the UAE failing to make an impression, Iran struck again as Mohammadali Mokhtari's penalty rounded off a fine first period for the Iranians.
Kamal Ali then went close with a volley as the Emiratis tried to rally. However worse was to come for them as Mesigar's cool header found the net with keeper Humaid Jamal rooted to the spot.
It was to be Jamal who eventually dragged the UAE back into the game with an impressive finish four minutes from time, a brief glimmer of hope that shone even brighter when Haitham Mohamed scored following neat approach play.
It was, however, not to be for the UAE, as an accurate Seyed Nazem free-kick, followed by Amir Akbari's volley and a Mokhtari penalty sealed a win - and the title - for the Iranians.
Photo: AFC


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It looks like Skype has managed to turn out yet another update to its now super slick Mac video calling software.
The 5.2 release brings with it group screen sharing, meaning you can share all your exciting spreadsheets with your bestest pals. All this video sharing fun comes at a price however, with one member of the party needing to have a Skype Premium subscription in order to benefit from the functionality.
Also included is video enabled call control bar. What does this mean you might ask? Well essentially minimized video windows can still be viewed on the control bar. You can hang up on somebody or mute them but still see what they are up to, allowing you to use other programs and multitask properly while video calling.
The conversations sidebar has now also been de-cluttered, bringing with it a much cleaner approach towards finding your most active chats, which are now grouped under recents.
For those who want to find out more about what is new in Skype 5.2, head to its very own tricks and tips page for a full feature breakdown.
Don't forget that Skype also finally made the decision to bring its video calling over to Android last week. A must try app for those who use Google-powered devices.
Skype? Or FaceTime? Or not...?


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I bought this wooden mask in Peru 2001 – its rather ugly but it's ancient. One can't throw away these things, one would feel guilty.
90ies – 00ies: happy days full of travelling the world. This time Peru and Ecuador for a couple of months. It's good to go to university in Germany, so much time on your hands.


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. This is a quick, easy recipe for two, supplied by the American Heart Association, for using leftover turkey, or roasted or grilled chicken, for that matter.
Makes 2 (1 1/2 cups each) servings
1 teaspoon canola or corn oil
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
1 small garlic clove, halved
14.5-ounce can no-salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained
6-inch corn tortilla, chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon chopped fresh jalapeño, seeds and ribs discarded
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 cup fat-free, no-salt-added chicken broth
1 cup chopped cooked skinless turkey breast or chicken breast, cooked without salt
1 ounce queso fresco, crumbled, or farmer cheese, shredded (about 1/4 cup)
2 tablespoons chopped avocado
In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat, swirling to coat the bottom. Cook the onion and garlic for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft, stirring occasionally. Stir in the tomatoes with liquid, tortilla, tomato paste, jalapeño, and cumin. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
In a blender, process the mixture until smooth. Return to the saucepan. Stir in the broth and turkey. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with the queso fresco and avocado.
Cook's Tip: Queso fresco is a mild white Mexican cheese that crumbles nicely. You can substitute farmer cheese if necessary.


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Help non-native English speakers practice the language.
What does an ESL Tutor do?
When people are attempting to learn English, they often need a little practice. They may need help with verb conjugation, for example, or they may need to practice speaking English in an informal setting. An ESL Tutor provides additional instruction in English, and creates a supportive atmosphere to help students feel comfortable as they practice.
When you're an ESL Tutor and a student needs your services, you meet with them to discuss what they need help with. They may want to focus on a specific lesson, or they may need your help as an ESL Tutor to prepare for a larger goal, such as passing a citizenship test.
Before each session, you put together a lesson plan based on the student's goals. They look up to you as a mentor and Teacher, so you must be prepared. They'll be disappointed if you spend the entire session just smiling without speaking.
You may encourage the student to speak only in English during your sessions. You correct their pronunciation and diction if needed, and you praise them for speaking correctly. You balance praise and criticism so the student feels respected and challenged.
You may work for a school district, in which case you need to keep strict records of the materials you cover. You aren't required to give your student a grade, but you have to demonstrate that they're improving. Alternatively, you may work as a volunteer for a church or community center. In this role, you don't have any paperwork to fill out, but you must still be committed to your student's success, and may be required to document the hours you spend with them.


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It's tax season again, and since 75 percent of all 2012 returns will be entitled to a refund, you might as well get that money from Uncle Sam as quickly as possible. Here's some of what you'll need to know before you file, especially when it comes to your retirement accounts.
While many of the tax rules are similar to tax year 2011, there are a few new developments that you may want to discuss with your tax preparer. The IRS is providing taxpayers whose incomes are $57,000 or less with free tax prep software options through "Free File," which is available through IRS.gov.


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On Feb 12th on Queen Street the Dragon Ritual Drummers will be returning home to where they first originated, Niagara Falls. The group performs unlike any ordinary band at a restaurant or pub, it is a more festival suited interactive display, that will be playing on Friday at the 4555 Cafe & Wine Bar. Although they originated in Niagara Falls, the group has never played here before; but with the downtown's developing art scheme, it seemed like the right time to return. The group's inspiration by a mythical ideal of a mystical dragon's spirit residing within the Falls and their albums telling stories of the serpent. Scoring at the top on MySpace music charts all over North America for particular Afrobeat and Topical. The Dragon Ritual Drummers will be performing two days before valentines, and within this interactive performance, a King and Queen will be chosen from the audience, as this group expresses the spirituality of this festival through music and art.
After just spending a weekend in Niagara Falls we where very sorry to see that Queen Street which had an article in the silver & Gold magazine was all under construction, nothing was open on Friday night (and this the beginning of the US long weekend) It appears once again that the powers to be…government…. are not making a commitment to getting this completed due to the fact of noise during the day and the court house being in the area! Did they not know this before they started this huge undertaking? Noise..construction usually go hand in hand? The lost of revenue due to this must be quite outstanding, not to mention the possibility of businesses having to close and lay off staff due to lack of revenue being generated due to lack of tourists. Another issue was no advertisments of anykind in the Niagara Falls area on this street…why? When we asked some businesses in the Clifton Hill area about Queen Street they just said oh that its a nightmare with construction and no parking, and its going to take for ever to finish.
I ask why?


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It has been a pretty remarkable first year for Schoology in St. Vrain. In this post I'll go over some of the highlights and what to get ready for next year.
End of Year Best Practice (BACKUP YOUR COURSE)
It is time to start thinking about packing up your Schoology course and getting it ready for next fall. Bradley Kemp at Schoology made a very concise video explaining the process and you can use this Google Doc to step you through the process as well.
The gradebook in Schoology got an overhaul this year, and added some nice features. But, the biggest question is 'will the Schoology gradebook sync with the Infinite Campus gradebook'? Unfortunately, that answer is still no and that isn't going to change for next year either. While there have been some positive steps in that direction, Schoology doesn't plan on having a working demo ready before 2017 and even then, there questions about if this could be a nightly sync or just and end of term sync.
Here are some numbers from the last 7 months:
- 743,132 assignments have been turned in via Schoology
- 542,637 file uploads
- 43 Million page views
All Grade Courses
Next year each school will have the option to establish an 'All Grade' course. This course would have all the students for a particular grade enrolled in it for that school year. These courses were created to meet the needs expressed by our counseling staff to reach students on time sensitive items and to deliver specific resources. The All Grade courses also address the issue in our Elementary schools of teachers needing to have access to students not assigned to them in their AM Attendance of Infinite Campus. The elementary grade level teachers will be instructors of these courses and the building counselors will be the instructors in the secondary courses.
To establish these courses next Fall the Secondary registrars will need to use the IC 'Scheduling Wizard' and Elementary registrars will need to contact Lorraine Baxter or Karen Edwards at the helpdesk.


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Some postcards from my mother's collection. Most of these were sent by relatives of ours, some by friends. For each card, the picture side appears first in the gallery, followed by the address side.
"T. S." to E. J. Seifert, 16 Jul 1905
Henry Korn to E. J. Seifert, 25 Jul 1907
To William Cronau, 25 May 1908
Anna Korn to Tillie Seifert, 20 Aug 1908
Emma Sonnemann to Tillie Seifert, 2 Sep 1908
Anna Korn to Eugene Sonnemann, Sep 1909


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(inside the Desoto Central Market)
Hours: Mon-Thu 11-9, Fri-Sat 11-10, Sun 11-8
Adobo Dragon Restaurant offers a cuisine that combines elements from Asia and Latin America. By taking inspirations from these regions, the culinary experience will be an innovation of flavors, ingredients, techniques and culture. Each menu item will offer a true fusion that is unique and harmonious.


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Frankie knows a war has been declared tor control of Matthew between her and Alpha. Alpha invites Frankie and Trish to sit at the senior table, which they do. Matthew has no idea Frankie has spied on their meeting.
Frankie begins following Matthew around campus. She discovers that the meetings bond all of the members in friendship and togetherness, and she wants to be a part of it. She also realizes that the oath that the boys recite before every meeting is a riddle to where the history is hidden.
The Oath Analysis
Frankie, for all of her intelligence, realizes the Basset Hound oath is not just an oath, but a riddle to the location of the hidden history of the order. At the same time, Frankie recognizes that there is indeed a war going on for Matthew's attention between her...
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The Beta Beta Beta Award is presented to a high-ranking student in biology 100-200 level courses upon the recommendation of the biology department. Ethan Beneroff, Anastazia Jablunovsky, Erin Scarborough and Codi West share the award.
Ethan has been a top performer in his 200-level biology class. The faculty look forward to having him in other biology and environmental science classes.
Anastazia is an outstanding biology student who is highly motivated and hard-working both in the classroom, as well as a department student worker. We look forward to working with Anastazia as she advances to her biology electives.
Erin is an outstanding student in her introductory biology course. This foundation is preparing her for future biology courses and becoming a promising biologist.
Codi is a recipient of the prestigious Hodson Academic Excellence Award and the past two years, with her outstanding work and motivation, she demonstrated to the biology department that she is a worthy recipient. She is planning to apply to medical school after graduation, and we look forward to see her pursuing her goal.
The Jane D. McCarrell Prize is awarded to a junior or senior who has shown excellence, interest and progress in the field of biology. This award, endowed by former students, alumnae and friends, honors the late Jane D. McCarrell, professor of biology and chair of Hood's biology department from 1946 to 1972. The prize is awarded to Kelsey Decker.
Kelsey continues her academic success in her biology electives as she looks to a career path in medicine.
The Sidney Silverman Award, named in honor of the late Associate Professor Emeritus Sidney Silverman, is awarded to an outstanding student majoring in biology. Professor Silverman taught at Hood from 1974 to 1985 and did research at Fort Detrick and NIH. His colleagues in the department established this award in his honor. The prize is shared by Elien Comhaire and Scott Eury.
Elien's exceptional talents are reflected in the fact she is a double major in mathematics and biology. She has been awarded an NIH summer internship, where she will be doing work in bioinformatics. She is very serious about pursuing both disciplines and hopefully combining them for graduate studies.
Scott, a transfer student from FCC, has excelled in his first year as a biology major at Hood. We expect his academic success to continue as he explores his interest in higher level biology courses.
The Biology Faculty Award was created in 2001 to honor a student or students demonstrating great promise in biology. The biology department faculty provides this book prize. The prize is awarded to Matthew Ball, Elaine Cerchin, Callie Fishburn, Brianna Fragata and Lillian Myers.
Matthew is a devoted student-athlete who is emerging as a solid biology major. When he is not competing on Hood's swim team, where he is a school record holder in the 200-meter butterfly, he is working equally hard to excel in his major courses and in the Honors program.
Elaine has quietly and consistently emerged as a strong performer in biology courses. She shows great potential for success in the field wherever she may end up after Hood; given her connections and travels to Burma, this could be anywhere!
Callie is the first student to enroll in the five-year program to earn both her B.A. in environmental science and policy and her M.S. in environmental biology. This summer, she is looking forward to working on a wildlife monitoring project in the Catoctin Mountains.
Brianna consistently excels in the practice of environmental science. In addition to her course work, Brianna has been an assistant on monitoring projects in the Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies over the past year and will continue developing her talents as a student researcher in Hood's Summer Research Institute over the next few months.
Lillian has demonstrated her interest and considerable ability in environmental science and was an active participant in the coastal studies program this year. We look forward to her continued development as a student of conservation biology and restoration ecology as an upperclassman.
The Rouse Graduate Scholarship is awarded annually to an outstanding senior biology major who has displayed excellence in scholarship, citizenship and sincerity of purpose, and who is planning to pursue graduate study in biology, medicine or an allied scientific field. George Parke Rouse Jr., M.D., established this scholarship to honor his wife, the late Elizabeth L. Chandler Rouse, '36, and his daughter, Anne Rouse McDowell, '69, Ph.D. Rachel Mankowitz and Ian Sellers are this year's recipients.
Rachel is an outstanding scholar who transferred to Hood from Frederick Community College. She impressed the biology faculty with her quiet determination and keen insight into biology. She has successfully pursued a yearlong Departmental Honors project to engineer a more active pectin methylesterase enzyme for use in a biofuels application. Rachel will begin dental school in the fall having been accepted to several dental schools.
Ian came to Hood with a sterling academic record from Frederick Community College and continued to impress in his course work at Hood. Ian is a talented experimentalist. In his Departmental Honors project, he initiated a new line of research in analyzing pectin-utilizing bacterial communities. Ian will begin dental school in the fall having been accepted to several dental schools.
The Dr. Ruth Esther Griffith Biology Award is awarded annually to a junior who has demonstrated excellence in critical thinking and communication skills in the field of biology and who is planning to participate in faculty-mentored research within the biology department. This year's recipient is Kyle Bulgarelli.
Kyle has displayed consistent excellence in his course work with skill across the broad spectrums of biology and environmental science. As one of the top students in the department, he has been invited to pursue a Departmental Honors project next year.
The Norm Gary Award was established in 2017 to honor the late Norman D. Gary, chair of the Department of Biology, teacher of microbiology and professor emeritus to a generation of Hood College students. This book prize is awarded to a top student based on their performance in their biology elective courses. This year's recipient is Fatimah Spall.
Fatimah is a diligent biology student who has done well in a wide variety of science courses. During summer research and continuing into the academic year, she helped adopt state-of-the-art molecular genetic techniques for water quality testing to the labs here at Hood. She will be well prepared for a career in the medical field.


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7 Things about myself:
- I'm naturally a positive person. I laugh all the time, I talk, often too much and I'm the first to be in a good mood and to be a little hyper even when it is 8 in the morning and half of the school is still half asleep.
- I'm horribly shy when it comes to meet new people or talk to them when I'm alone with them, but once I know someone a little better, I can't shut up.
- I love and hate wearing heels at the same time. I love the looks when you wear a beautiful pair of heels but I hate that I'm so much taller when it comes to spend my day with friends who are smaller. And whenever I wear heels, I'm always afraid that people think I'm bitchy.
- The "boyfriend" I had when I was 6 years old is now gay, hahaha!
- I would actually like to be a model.. sometimes..
- My right front teeth is longer than my left one and I hate it. I'm a perfectionist.
- I love to wrestle with my smaller brother! After a certain time, when both of us don't have any power left, we sit on the floor, laughing and saying that we'll have bruises everywhere and find this even more funny and have to laugh even harder.