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Sabbath Devotional :: More Than One Story and Our Part In It
This weekend we honor and commemorate Pioneer Day in our church and for some, in our state. And for many, this commemoration can be much more complex than we sometimes make it. Pioneer Day seems to predominately celebrate those in the mid-1800s who migrated westward from the eastern United States or Europe to Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, and other states. We honor those who often saved and sold nearly everything they had to follow a prophet’s call to come build Zion and then to come west by handcart or wagon. Recently, the church has made great effort to acknowledge other types of pioneers — the pioneers of today who still…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Come, Come Ye Saints
Come, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear; But with joy, wend your way. Though hard to you this journey may appear, Grace shall be as your day. A few weeks ago I had the privilege of participating as a Ma on a trek with our stake. I must admit that I hadn’t approached this assignment as a privilege, but rather an obligatory chore. I wasn’t looking forward to wearing voluminous clothing and slogging along old rail paths in the humid New England heat with a bunch of teenagers. The privilege part snuck up on me. My focus going in had been on the discomfort and work, which is…