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[…] *** We have thought that we must separate our love of God from our love of the world. In one sense, yes. But the Prophet taught that God, who formed and beautified this world, […]
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[…] three days later. “You are Estevan Aju’s father?” he asked. “Yes.” “I’ve come from Tecpan.” “You have news of Estevan—is he all right?” The missionary looked down, shook his head. “Dead,” he said. “Muerto?” […]
[…] the phone, locked it against my ear with my shoulder, and continued to read the already stale news. “Hello,” I said. It was Evan Francis, first counselor in our ward bishopric. “How are you?” […]
[…] he said, returning to 2 Nephi. All these years and he still couldn’t let her inside. “Any news?” “Not really.” A bad sign. Usually she came home brimming with gossip. Silence meant she was […]
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[…] game. It wasn’t the altruist in me that found the calling appealing or even the desire to share the taste of salvation. Maybe it was just that never dying would mean I could spend […]