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Grateful for hard times? Wealth is not the reward for righteousness
In my last column, I mentioned that there's a stanza in Emily H. Woodmansee's poem "As Sisters in Zion" that I wish we could add as a fourth verse in the next edition of our hymnbook: The Lord hath established the cities of Zion, The poor of His people are trusting in Him, He makes us a source...
Anatomy of a real apology
I'm sorry, but when you look at what happened you'll see that I was completely justified. I'm sorry, but it wasn't my fault at all. All right, OK, I'm sorry. I'm so-o-o sorry. Excu-u-u-u-uze me. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. I'm sorry I got you so upset. If I did anything wrong, I'm truly...
Orson Scott Card: Traditions and when to change
When our oldest child was 5, he came to his mother and asked her for a box. "What do you need it for?" she asked. "Packing," he said. "Packing? Where are you going?" "For when we move," he said. "We aren't moving," she said. He looked at her in consternation. "I already had my birthday in...
Orson Scott Card: The words of Isaiah — to us
As we read Isaiah, it can often feel like an exercise in cryptography: Here are all these words — let's decode them and see if we can make them mean something. Nephi said, "My soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah" (2 Ne. 25:5), but he also said, "My soul delighteth in plainness unto my...
