tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143284672024-03-15T19:09:40.673-06:00Hands full and loving it (mostly)Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.comBlogger950125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-89580170744626687942021-10-14T11:07:00.004-06:002022-11-21T08:10:25.102-07:00The Gamgee Option ~ Sacrament Meeting Talk October 2021 My husband and I were able to fill in last weekend as speakers in our sacrament meeting. I've been thinking about this topic for some time. Below is roughly what I said.What should we do in a world of increasing darkness?The world was in peril. The forces of evil were overtaking the forces of good. Selfish leaders didn’t care about the good of others. Men were caught up in hatred, division,Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-32368858841545409142021-09-30T08:54:00.004-06:002021-10-14T11:12:51.068-06:002021's Curveballs: Cancer, Covid and Chemo, plus a lot to CelebrateCancerLife can change in an instant. Just before Christmas last year, my husband went to the ER in excruciating pain. A few hours later, he was diagnosed with cancer and had an appointment two days later for the initial surgery. The surgery was a success and the pain was gone, but the next steps were uncertain. His cancer is what the oncologist calls "a win" -- it is cured 98% of the time. But Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-38467849117007760512021-04-16T20:45:00.002-06:002021-10-27T21:05:31.953-06:00Worth a LookToday is a momentous occasion -- I went from 53 tabs open on my phone's internet browser to just 9! Some of those tabs were fascinating articles I've been saving to share with others. It's a bit eclectic, but each one is definitely worth the read. See below to learn about Japanese Shut-Ins, what happened to those Romanian orphans, my son's amazingly cool mission president and companion, Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-10833712152796230062021-03-14T09:10:00.158-06:002021-09-30T08:59:42.817-06:00Reflections on our Pandemic YearThis has been the weirdest year of my life, and probably many of yours too. A good friend and I had a long talk the other day about what we've learned from the pandemic that we didn't know before. I've learned a lot about human nature, dealing with uncertainty, and adapting. I've also learned to be grateful for the "village" that has always been there to help me raise my kids, as a lot more Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-69624301974863284932020-12-01T10:59:00.001-07:002021-10-21T11:09:54.831-06:00Gratitude in All Circumstances ~ Sacrament Meeting talk given November 22, 2020In the Book of Mormon, we find a group of young, inexperienced young men who had their world turned upside down. They went to war against an occupying foe that greatly outnumbered their small force. In their first battle, they were used as bait and had to run as fast as they can because they knew they would be killed if they slowed down or turned to the right or the left. In that and other Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-31701757348066356732020-10-02T21:08:00.002-06:002021-10-27T22:12:07.364-06:00Covid Articles Worth ReadingI've been collecting some interesting articles about covid that I want to share. One is on the effects of the virus shutdown on cherry-picking. Another on those left behind by remote schooling. Some on where we are headed, others on surface vs. air transmission, others about why herd immunity without a vaccine isn't going to work.My state is not doing well right now. We are fourth in the nation Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-19667489435746961332020-05-01T10:19:00.005-06:002023-12-31T06:30:44.886-07:00Book of Mormon Come Follow Me Video Playlists 2020Well, my life took a turn. It's been alternatively peaceful, crazy, relaxed, hectic, organized, chaos, awesome, and frustrating to be quarantined at home with 10 of our 11 kids. Our missionary son in Louisiana is stuck in his apartment, teaching and contacting people remotely.
The rest of us are stuck in front of a lot of different screens dealing with college, high school, middle Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-84533209661911941412020-01-30T11:43:00.003-07:002021-09-29T10:30:16.980-06:00Notes on Revelation 12-22 "He that Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things", CFM study for Dec. 23 - 29** To finish out last year's notes on the New Testament, I have decided to add this blog post. Though this is rough and unfinished, it's nearly the end of January and I don't think I'm going to have time to polish it now. I'd rather have it rough and at least published than not at all. **
More about Revelation
Remember how we talked about apocalyptic literature? Thomas Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-32828896335765596642020-01-07T12:01:00.002-07:002021-09-09T17:06:55.793-06:00Best Book of Mormon Resources for Come Follow Me study in 2020Last night for our family home evening, we talked about our top 10 favorite memories from 2019 and our goals for 2020. For part of the evening, we all wrote down what our most meaningful personal accomplishments were from the year. One of mine was the weekly writing I did for the New Testament. I studied more in depth than I ever had before and I am so grateful for all I learnedHandsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-24718684189006619682019-12-13T10:21:00.002-07:002021-09-09T17:05:50.698-06:00Notes on Revelation 1-11 "Glory, and Power, Be unto . . . the Lamb for Ever," CFM study for Dec. 9 - 15
About Revelation
Jan Matsys, The APocalyupes of Saint John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos
This is apocalyptic literature, a specific genre with common patterns, themes, and symbols. Though we like to think of "apocalypse" now as some sort of horrible disaster, perhaps involving zombies, originally the term just meant "uncovering, or unveiling of something hidden." Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-34438696647048694422019-12-07T07:26:00.002-07:002021-09-09T17:06:10.158-06:00Notes on 1-3 John; Jude "God is Love"; CFM study for Dec. 2 - 8
About 1-3 John
1 John is rather repetitive about various themes, and it is written in very simple, easy-to-understand Greek. Because the themes, vocabulary and style of this and 2 and 3 John are similar to the Gospel of John, it is thought that all four are by the same author. "By 215 AD, the authorship of 1 John was accepted by the eastern and western Christian churches as Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-45450182602558213522019-12-01T07:51:00.004-07:002021-09-09T17:06:21.844-06:00Notes on 1 and 2 Peter, "Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory"; CFM study for Nov. 25 - Dec. 1
About 1 Peter
"Peter wrote the First Epistle of Peter from “Babylon” (1 Peter 5:13), which may have been a symbolic reference to Rome (see Revelation 14:8; 17:5). It is generally accepted that Peter’s death occurred sometime during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero—probably after A.D. 64, when Nero began a widespread persecution of Christians. Therefore, the epistle was likely written Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-15514250542726943382019-11-21T15:13:00.003-07:002021-09-09T17:07:08.953-06:00Notes on James, "Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only", CFM study for Nov. 18 -24
About James
I told my kids the best part about James is that they will understand almost all of it as they read! It is refreshing to have this be the first book after the Pauline section of the New Testament. James is written in the ancient "wisdom" style, like Proverbs. The way I think of wisdom literature is that it's like someone gathered up all the best advice your Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-48211254221440788362019-11-14T11:03:00.003-07:002021-10-22T08:54:09.426-06:00Notes on Hebrews 7-13 "An High Priest of Good Things to Come", CFM study for Nov. 11 - 17
These seven chapters are so beautiful and so Christ-centered. If you are struggling to understand some of the symbolism, it really helps to visualize the ancient temple and the purposes of the sacrifices there. The two videos below are a great foundation for understanding Hebrews. The first video discusses the need for sacrifice, blood, and atonement in ancient worship and howHandsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-11678061648121749372019-11-09T13:16:00.002-07:002021-10-22T08:53:03.487-06:00Notes on Hebrews 1-6, Jesus Christ, "the Author of Eternal Salvation," CFM study for Nov. 4 - 10
About Hebrews
Despite the title, Paul is likely not the author, at least not in the way he authored his other works, the book is not much like a letter, though there is an audience addressed, and it may not have been written to the "Hebrews" or the Jews. This video presentation does a good job discussing reasons the letter may not have been written just to Jews.
Of all the Pauline books, Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-47133728697718999892019-11-03T07:29:00.003-07:002021-09-09T17:10:41.039-06:00Notes on 1 and 2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon "Be Thou an Example of the Believers"; CFM study for Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 Note: It's been a crazy week with two birthdays, Halloween, and sickness running through our household. My poor four-year-old threw up on Halloween on the way to go trick-or-treating. He had to miss it. I had the same illness earlier in the day. So my notes this week are a bit less complete than I wanted. I loved studying this week and have so much more I Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-52594898947211763412019-10-25T14:25:00.001-06:002021-09-09T17:11:18.646-06:00Notes on 1 and 2 Thessalonians "Be Not Soon Shaken in Mind, or Be Troubled," CFM study for Oct. 21 - 27
About 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Reviewing Acts chapter 17 gives a good background to the Church in Thessalonica. Paul taught there with great success on his second missionary journey, though not for long, as opposition from some of the Jewish population incited a riot against them. Paul and Silas fled in the night, and this letter was written, likely from Corinth, a short time Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-92176280346331689842019-10-19T11:38:00.003-06:002021-09-09T17:11:28.551-06:00Notes on Philippians; Colossians "I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me", CFM study for Oct. 14 - 20
About Philippians
This is Paul's happiest and most cheerful letter. He wrote the epistle while in prison, yet he speaks of great contentment no matter his circumstances, joy in the faith of the saints of Philippi, and even puts in a personal note to his "true yokefellow," who may or may not be his wife (more on that later). Because he speaks of "imperial guard" and sends Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-61391893108193146942019-10-11T05:38:00.001-06:002021-09-09T17:11:33.238-06:00Notes on Ephesians "For the Perfecting of the Saints", CFM study for Sept. 30 - Oct. 13
About Ephesians
Authorship is somewhat disputed in this letter, even though it says it was written by the Apostle Paul, who was a prisoner at the time (which imprisonment is also subject to debate). Scholars seem about evenly divided, partly because some of the language and the tone is different than other letters. But as we've seen in the past, different wording or tone could just Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-86297424818556493112019-09-27T14:54:00.001-06:002021-09-09T17:11:38.694-06:00Notes on Galatians, "Walk in the Spirit," CFM for Sept. 23 - 29
About Galations
Galatians is an interesting book, written likely in A.D. 57 during Paul's third missionary journey. It has a lot of similarities with Romans and many of the issues it goes over are covered more in depth in Romans. "The Roman province of Galatia is now in central Turkey. Galatia had a strong Jewish population (Acts 15:1;
16:3). Perhaps this is why some Galatians Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-23204067040685438052019-09-20T14:38:00.001-06:002021-09-09T17:11:44.819-06:00Notes on 2 Corinthians 8-13 "God Loveth a Cheerful Giver", CFM for Sept. 16 - 22
Generosity, 2 Corinthians 8:1-24
I love these two chapters on giving. One podcast pointed out how radically different this might have been for a society built on a class system with no real concept of an obligation to provide for the poor among them, much less poor of another ethnicity and that they had never met. We take for granted today that the care of others ought to be a Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-74347790570345803762019-09-12T11:30:00.002-06:002021-09-09T17:11:51.994-06:00Notes on 2 Corinthians 1-7 "Be Ye Reconciled to God", CFM study for Sept. 9 - 15
About 2 Corinthians
It's called Second Corinthians but it's not the second, or even the third letter Paul wrote to the Corinthians, just as First Corinthians wasn't the first letter. Paul wrote it with Timothy, his young missionary companion. Paul has three missionary journeys covered in Acts. After 1 Corinthians was written, between 53 and 54 A.D., according to Wayment, "Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-51136216994429167122019-09-05T10:33:00.001-06:002021-09-09T17:11:58.511-06:00Notes on 1 Corinthians 14-16 "God is Not the Author of Confusion, but of Peace," CFM study for Sept. 2 - 8
The Gift of Prophecy, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25
It seems the Corinthian Saints had gotten the idea that speaking in tongues was the best gift they could manifest and were doing it often, without interpretation, and definitely not in an orderly, one-at-a-time fashion (see v. 31). In response, Paul, having in the previous chapter extolled charity as the highest spiritual gift, now discusses howHandsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-658768426581674882019-08-29T06:02:00.002-06:002021-09-09T17:12:07.278-06:00Notes on 1 Corinthians 8-13 "Ye Are the Body of Christ", CFM study for Aug. 26 - Sept. 1
These chapters contain some of the most beautiful of all of Paul's writings, about the body of Christ, charity, and spiritual gifts. Paul is continuing his "and now concerning" answers to questions sent to him and trying to foster unity and love among the Saints.
Food Sacrificed to Idols, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Paul warns against pride and against knowingly eating food sacrificed to idols.Handsfullmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17080603359227234634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14328467.post-90603415180588317682019-08-23T10:43:00.006-06:002021-09-09T17:12:36.068-06:00Notes on 1 Corinthians 1-7 "Be Perfectly joined Together", CFM study for Aug. 19 - 25
Isn't 1st Corinthians a breath of fresh air after slogging through Romans? It was nice to understand a lot more on my first reading! I went to an Education Week class by Thomas Wayment this week and he said that Romans is one of the worst translated in all of the KJV, along with Isaiah. So if you feel like it was difficult to understand, take heart. You're not alone.
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