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September 22, 2007 10:35 PM EDT -- I had a conversation with one of my sons who is still active in the Church about divorce.  We talked about generational attitude shifts such as the massive one that occurred between my parents and . . . more
August 26, 2007 06:42 PM EDT -- Well, its not a perfect political storm, but you would definitely have to have your head in the sand not to see storm clouds on the horizon.  So, the Church today had a letter read in meetings in . . . more
Miracles Do Happen
by George McNaughton
views: 22 | rating: 7.8 | comments: 7
November 15, 2007 12:17 PM EST -- Because of the subject matter of some of my posts, Gatherites might jump to the conclusion that I am not a "believer" or that I do not support my Church (LDS), I want to correct that misconception.  . . . more
July 04, 2007 09:00 PM EDT -- Initially I called it my bog garden, but I came to realize that the bog was in the pond and the pond was beside or a feature of the garden, but not the garden.  So with my sixth son, I began to imagine . . . more
December 22, 2007 10:44 PM EST -- The thoughtful Mormon has to be a little uneasy with the current Republican primary.  In some discussions, Mormons relate back to the Presidential campaign that may have hastened the martyrdom of . . . more
In The Garden
by George McNaughton
views: 16 | rating: 10 | comments: 8
September 02, 2007 11:46 PM EDT -- If you wish to have a connection with your land you have to spend time on it, and most people only have enough time to form a connection with a relatively small parcel of land ten, maybe twenty acres maximum.  . . . more
April 22, 2008 07:21 PM EDT -- There are some gardens which are created for production, such as vegetable gardens.  Other gardens are created for beauty, aesthetics, and landscaping effect.  Then there are the ascetic gardens . . . more
December 17, 2007 10:55 PM EST -- Don't get me wrong, I am a traditional family man.  That is just the way Mormons are molded.  But I was sitting watching a sappy movie tonight about a dance class used to reform students . . . more
January 27, 2008 11:02 PM EST -- President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died unexpectedly.  President Hinckley has presided over the world wide expansion of the Church in an era of unprecedented . . . more
May 06, 2008 12:25 PM EDT -- Obama is right on the gas tax holiday.  The holiday is not meant to solve anything and is merely a quick political ploy on the part of elected officials to take the heat off themselves for a mismanaged . . . more
December 15, 2007 12:21 PM EST -- As I have said previously, the problem with unrestrained capitalism, is unrestrained capitalists.  Capitalism is very good at producing goods for the least amount of money.  It is not very . . . more
July 31, 2007 05:20 PM EDT -- Once again the power of gardening has awed me with its might.  Our family was starting to get a little unfocused without a family project.  That kind of happens from time to time when the vast . . . more
August 15, 2007 04:26 PM EDT -- There is a parable told and explained in Sunday school classes about a monkey trap.  This particular trap involves a container with a very carefully calibrated neck and containing a bait desirable . . . more
December 03, 2007 08:14 PM EST -- Being a liberal Mormon, I had to chuckle over an interview with a right wing Christian politically active fundie minister in Iowa.  He point blank admitted that he and his fellow ministers now had . . . more
August 18, 2007 11:27 PM EDT -- I sat there watching a Hoosier sunset at my wife's cottage.  Soaked in sweat sitting in one of those ubiquitous green plastic lawn chairs beside an old push lawnmower that looked as tired as I. . . . more
March 14, 2008 12:28 PM EDT -- Nothing like a good neo-conservative President to one destroy the economy, destroy our diplomatic reputation, and now the credibility of our currency.  The exact impact of putting the dollar into . . . more
Conformity
by George McNaughton
views: 40 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
April 28, 2008 09:25 PM EDT -- Be ye not conformed unto the world.  What was Paul trying to tell us.  That is a  question that bounces around Sunday School from time to time.  Instructors normally are talking about . . . more
September 21, 2007 09:44 PM EDT -- For those who are into the "Weed Garden" series you will know by now that I have been spending a lot of time in a metaphor this summer.  A metaphor that I periodically leave in order express . . . more
October 17, 2007 10:14 PM EDT -- Investment in America's Future:  It is understood that America can only remain a vibrant and vigorous country if there is a fair distribution of its income and wealth.  That means there has . . . more
October 23, 2007 07:49 PM EDT -- Well, I have been having this battle with the sugar maple that is the Matriarch of my yard here in Vermont.  Its been going on for about three weeks now as I related in another article at http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977154875 . . . more
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