[mashshare] Twenty years ago this month I stepped off a plane after serving a two-year mission for The...
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[mashshare] On Aug. 17, 2011, I sat in the first meeting to plan an annual youth conference for...
Did you hear the one about golf, a fox and Slurpees?
[mashshare] I’m not a gambler, but after four long years, I’m happy to announce that this week I...
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[mashshare] I like to think of the sun as an old-school deliveryman. Each day he delivers a gift....
Did a mother’s instincts save family from violent East Coast storms?
[mashshare] Last weekend, violent storms shredded the East Coast killing 17 and leaving more than 3 million without...
Help wanted: Someone to coach you to say ‘No’
[mashshare] My wife answered this figurative newspaper ad several years ago: “HELP WANTED. Desperately need someone to train...
Why I’m glad I lost my campaign for Congress
[mashshare] This week, a friend visiting from Utah asked if I could arrange a tour of the United...
Would you trade your life’s packet of problems?
[mashshare] It’s been 30 years since one of the more memorable Sunday School lessons of my life. I...
Virginia young women light up runway at unique fashion show
[mashshare] Several weeks ago, the small town of Woodstock, Va., became the capital of the fashion world. The...
Summertime could be perfect time for anchor memories
[mashshare] I was sitting in a sticky fourth-grade classroom on a May morning in 1981. The subject was...