indeterminate mind

As close as any man can get to but not actually be my father is my Uncle John, and I have always felt like we have a very special relationship, and we do.  In fact through most of my life I have believed I was his favorite.  But as an adult I have come to realize that I am not alone. Through his love and concern for others, my uncle John has developed very similar relationships with many others, each one I’m sure thinking that maybe they were his favorite. I am talking daughters, sons-in-laws, nephew’s nieces, grandkids, friends and often strangers.  In fact in some form or another most of the people sitting in the congregation today probably feel the same way I do.  I thought I would read a few lines from his own words about who he is.   “Most of my life I have spent acquiring knowledge of all sorts.  I feel a day that I haven’t learned something new is a lost opportunity.  I am honest to a fault, I can’t lie even if that means saying nothing....

A few people asked me to send them my talk, I figured the easiest way was for me to send out one Link. So here you go: A Famous news commentator Tony Snow said the following after being diagnosed with Cancer. “I don't know why I have cancer, and I don't much care. It is what it is—a plain and indisputable fact. Yet even while staring into a mirror darkly, great and stunning truths begin to take shape. Our maladies define a central feature of our existence: We are fallen. We are imperfect. Our bodies give out. But despite this—because of it—God offers the possibility of salvation and grace. We don't know how the narrative of our lives will end, but we get to choose how to use the interval between ...”   Tony Snow A Gardner Named Hugh B Brown, who also was a General Authority told the following story: I was living up in Canada. I had purchased a farm. It was run-down. I went out one morning and saw a currant bush. It had grown up over six feet (two meters...