Ride for the Brand

Well, this one is just going to be some fun.  No rants, no soap box.  We came in 5th at the State Fair Dutch Oven Cook Off.  It was fun.  Hope you enjoy these as much as I do/did. http://hereistoday.com/ http://htwins.net/scale2/ http://www.artofmanliness.com http://www.stevespanglerscience.com http://soundsjustlike.com/ http://www.vat19.com http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3A2mPYq670CY3FLB9qOwLQ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHCph-_jLba_9atyCZJPLQQ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRijo3ddMTht_IHyNSNXpNQ If you find any others that are appropriate you'd like to add, just put the link int he comments.  Enjoy! BJ

     Well, here it is another week.  Liz is ready to be done with this pregnancy.  Brinley is loving school.  Wyatt is Wyatt and is always fun and curious.      This post is going to be a little more on the serious side again.  I've been doing a lot of thinking about life and the things that happen.  With so much going on in the world that seems horrible how can there be any hope?  How can we have anything to look forward to?  The answer that I've found that seems to fit the best and help the most is pretty simple on the face but extremely complex underneath.  There is one thing that encompasses all.  The cool thing about it is that it applies to everyone whether they want to accept it or not.  Whether they believe in it or not.  That's the cool thing.  The sad thing is that there are those that haven't ever had the chance to learn about it.  The most disappointing and frustrating thing is th...

      Hello everyone.  This post will be more on the serious and hopefully informative side.  There's been a lot of talk lately about women and the priesthood.  Lots of women apparently feel that they are being discriminated against or denied blessings because they can't "hold" the priesthood.  I'd like to address this and help everyone maybe gain a more broad yet defined perspective.      First, the idea that men hold the priesthood and are in charge is ridiculous.  Men are ordained to the priesthood and called to offices in the priesthood to help the church run smoothly, but women hold just as important if not more important positions in the church.  While there may not be a female President of the Church in the near future, that doesn't mean women don't help run the church and can't receive important revelation.  In the Old and New Testaments there were women prophets.  There can be today.  But there will alw...