Musings on Life and Living

I am sure that most of you have noticed by now that Gretch doesn't blog. It was her idea to make this blog, although I am certain it was stolen from our many recently-married friends who were joint-blogging. But she says she just doesn't blog much. This is true. When she had to blog for her classes at Parkland, she created the blog and made all of the entries over a weekend, then posted them once a week. So the responsibility of blogging for us both has been left to me. Unfortunately for Gretch, this means that I have free reign on what I want to write about, and you are all stuck reading it, if you so choose. I assume, however, that lots of folks just ignore the blog, or they see the titles (especially if they are relevant to current news and political currents) and then move on. But the thing is, Gretch told me that this blog is supposed to be about us. For me, that means it is about the things that interest us. I am deeply interested in the world around me, and, after growin...

Gretch and I are Primary teachers in church. More specifically, we teach the Sunday School class for children who are ten-turning-eleven. This has been a fantastic calling for us. Our class last year apparently adored us, although they seemed reluctant to admit so in class. (The only reason I know this is because most of their parents mentioned this at one time or another, and some of them mentioned it several times. Sometimes on the same day!) Anyway, we are looking forward to another year of teaching the precious (and precocious) children. We've talked about changes we want to make in our teaching methods this year, and, about the same time, there has been a series of posts over at By Common Consent by John Crawford on Everything That is Wrong with LDS Gospel Teaching . The series is in three parts, and includes probably close to three hundred comments, most of which are very relevant. I highly recommend the reading, but be ready for a long read! I have been actively participa...