Sabbath Pastoral

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Sabbath Pastoral

“Personal Records, Tunnels, and Trying Again” by Sarah Ostler Hill

November 10, 2021

From a Stake Conference address in Highlands Ranch Stake, Colorado My husband, Joel, and I love to ride our bikes. We use a program to...

Sabbath Pastoral

“Jesus’s Women” by Gretta Parkinson Whalen

August 18, 2021

Sacrament talk in Mar Vista Ward, Santa Monica Stake We didn’t make it to church last week. My three-year-old came down with something like the...

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“Stories to Give Life” by Holly Andrus

May 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: With the realities of Covid-19, wards found innovative ways to minister to their members. This issue’s Sabbath Pastoral appeared originally in the...

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“Spirituality and Talent” by Amanda Waterhouse

November 26, 2020

Sacrament talk in Dakota Ridge Ward, Columbine Stake, Littleton, Colorado Malcolm Gladwell popularized a theory put forth by psychologists from as early as 1899: it...

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“Consecrating Our Thoughts to God” by Sarah Gusky Kemer

August 23, 2020

This sacrament talk was given on August 19, 2018 in the Lynnfield Ward in Massachusetts. I went to a small liberal arts school for an...