Posts from 2024

As I sit down to write the October note, portions of the Southeast are trying to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Helene while some (and some of these are the very same people!) are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.  If ever there were a time for communities to come together and help (and many have), this is it!  However, there are those who…

Wait!  It’s September?  What happened to August?  I know I sat down to write this post last month, but when did August become last month?  Oh well, I guess it is September.  School is back in session, we are saying goodbye to summer, and hopefully fall is not too far down the road. Life can be like that sometimes.  We have so much happening…

The Olympic Games are back at the end of this month, and I cannot wait!  I love the Olympics.  I love the competition.  I love getting to witness such a wide variety of sports in such a condensed span of time and space.  I love watching the nations of the world coming together in peace and demonstrating there is at least one thing we can dialogue over…

Yes, I know the newsletter is late this month, and I know that is exactly how I started last month’s too.  This time though, it is not intentional.  Life happens, and sometimes we just have to reprioritize and adjust in response to life circumstances.  Nobody expected my uncle to get sick and suddenly pass away, but here we are adjusting to a new…

Yes, I know the newsletter is late this month.  Believe it or not, it is intentionally late.  I did not want to put something out right before or during the middle of General Conference.  I felt as if a note immediately following General Conference might be more helpful.  That being said, a video recap may do more to share what happened over the last two weeks than me…