Monthly Archives: November 2008

Staying in Bed

[From my journal on  November 26, 2007] Jan was having a hard time staying in bed tonight. When Jess went down to get water, she came in to ask me to put her blanket on her. I chose to ignore her because Jess had given Jan explicit instructions to stay in bed and consequences if [...]

Jesus Christ, Charity, and Heavenly Motivators

February 10, 2008  Sacrament meeting talk.  by Ammon Shepherd Charity = the highest, noblest, strongest kind of love; a prompting motive of actions. Charity is a defining quality, it creates change. Moroni 7:46-47 – charity is the greatest of all; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 – if I have ___ but not charity, I am nothing. Matthew [...]

It grows and grows

I’m still truckin along with my beard. It’s a bit itchy now and again, but well worth it. My bike ride to work and back are much more bearable with a natural face coat!

Handlebar club

I think I want to join this club: http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wbmcwinners.shtml (thanks for the tip Ken!) Notice I shaved the groat (throat growth). My dad, a long time beard wearer, advocates the groat shaving. Makes it look cleaner and feels better.

Beard in AZ

I went to the Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona on November 14 and 15. I took my beard with me. The family was accepting…

Faith without works is dead

This is from an April 14, 2008 study journal entry. An analogy while reading the Joseph Smith Manual (lesson 7). Faith without works is like reading a cook book and expecting to be well fed afterwards. It is not the reading that fills you up and lets you taste of the succulent food. The food [...]

The beard grows on…

I haven’t been doing so well keeping a photo everyday. But, watching a beard grow every day is not really all that exciting. I mainly wanted to do this to see if I could keep up with doing something regularly… Anyhow, here’s some interesting links to beard stuff. Art of Manliness Movember Beardruary And, without [...]

Day eight

Missed a couple of days. Been way busy with school and other things.

Signs of the Times

I’m reading in the Joseph Smith Manual about the signs of the second coming of Christ. Here they are: pestilence war and bloodshed, sword, great wars, rumors of wars moon will be turned into blood famine great destruction great distress judgements “whenever you see the [rain]bow withdrawn, it shall be a token that there shall [...]