****Giveaway in now closed. Thanks for the HUGE response! The winner was #86 Lorri Love****
As is pretty typical of many homeschoolers, we love history, particularly American history. It is rich in stories of triumph and failures, freedom and slavery, great men and women all shaping our country, and I believe, being led by God in the making of it.
See this book? It was immediately put on my wish list when I saw it in the Deseret Book catalog. Do you do that too? Add books to a wish list so when people ask what you want for Christmas you are constantly telling them book titles?
Great American Documents for Latter-day Saint Families is a treasure trove for any LDS homeschool! Can you see what is listed in the table of contents? Here’s a list if you can’t read the photo:
- The Mayflower Compact (1620)
- A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
- Common Sense (1776)
- The Declaration of Independence (1776)
- The Constitution of the United States of America (1787)
- The Bill of Rights (1789)
- George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
- Thomas Jefferson’s Confidential Letter to Congress (1803)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
- The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)
- The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- The Gettysburg Address (1863)
- Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865)
- The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1920)
- John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (20 January 1961)
- Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech (28 August 1963)
- Ronald Reagan’s Speech: “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc” (6 June 1984)
Impressive, right? And they are all in one convenient book! Just reading the book straight through would be an excellent study of American history, or it can easily be used as a supplement to other American History curriculum especially if you are wanting to add an LDS perspective to your studies.
The book has wonderful photos accompanying each chapter. I just love this photo of marching women suffragettes! One of my daughters pointed out they are a far cry from the protesters we are seeing today in the news. These women are clean, comely, and modest! And the baby is right there being pushed in a baby carriage. Love that tidbit.
Another wonderful feature is the timelines throughout for a quick overview of what happened. Knowing the events that took place leading up to a bigger event give us a greater understanding of why something happened.
And the biggest reason that this book was on my wish list – the added insights at the bottom of the pages and under the photos. See that photo of the black Union soldiers (top left)? I knew there were units of them that served in the Civil War but I didn’t know, as stated under the photo, that at one point there were more black soldiers serving in the Union Army then there were white soldiers serving in the Confederate Army. WOW!! Did you know that?
At the bottom of the pages, there are word definitions, background information, quotes from modern day prophets and apostles, and scriptures references. This book saved me the work of finding those to use with our studies (and if you know me, I would have taken the time to find them!). We ALWAYS try to incorporate the gospel in our studies or rather, we incorporate our studies into the gospel. This book is truly a treasure to have in our homeschool. Actually it would be a great addition for any American family to have and study together. Perfect family home evening reading!
GIVEAWAY: Surprise! Thanks for reading to the end of this post. Would you like to win your own copy of Great American Documents for Latter-day Saint Families? Leave a comment telling me what great American document you haven’t studied yet but would like to learn more about.
Giveaway ends Monday, October 31 at 5 pm PST.
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I am not familiar with Ronald Reagan’s Speech: “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc”. I’d like to read that one.
I don’t usually enter giveaways, but I would love this book! I’ve never read the Mayflower Compact, the T.Jefferson’s letter and a few of the others. Thanks for sharing this find!
My son has been home for 2 days this week and we had such fun it’s making me rethink homeschooling. There’s several documents in here that I could use a refresher.
My girls are learning about government and the Constitution right now. I love the stories surrounding the 19th Amendment. I love these strong women and they encourage me to be my best.
Thanks for the opportunity to win such an amazing volume.
I look forward to studying all of them with my kiddos since I don’t recall much from my school days.
I remember hearing about Thomas Jefferson’s Confidential Letter, but I can’t for the life of me remember what is in it. I would love to read more of these up close and restudy them, but that’s the document that I don’t have any placement for–except that Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
We were just watching School House Rocks – America last week and the song about women’s suffrage was so cool. At the end, my daughter said, “Hold on, women didn’t get the vote until 1920?! That was way too late!!” That’s right, honey. I’m thinking we could use a little study of the 19th Amendment around here.
Though I don’t homeschool my children, we “supplement” by delving deeper and expand what they are learning in school. Politics has been coming up a lot and I would love to review George Washington’s farewell speech with them. Do politicians make these anymore? Would it influence their decisions and actions if they did?
Um – the whole book!!!! I love the format of that book and the opportunity to study any of those speeches more in depth would be great. That is such a great resource and I’m pretty sure it will be on my wish list. I am drawn to the Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson. Might be the first two I study. Thanks! callkms@q.com
Ronald Reagan has been on my mind lately so I think I would study “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc” first. As a family, though, I want to study them consecutively to learn how Heavenly Father has guided our nation’s founders and leaders.
I would love this book but I think Paul would love it even more. HE LOVES LOVES history. I think I would want to study:Ronald Reagan’s Speech: “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc” (6 June 1984).
If I don’t win this one…;)…then it was already on the “definately coming home for Christmas” list. 🙂
As for reading, I’m looking to read more Reagan right now.
I am not sure I’ve read Ronald Reagan’s Speech: “The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.” I am drooling with this give away and have wanted that book since I first saw it at DB a couple months ago. I love history and have changed my mind about lots of things, since I began studying it. I am so glad we live in a place, where we can learn as much as we want about any subject we want, at least for now. When I began this journey with my children, I hated history. Now I want to know for myself what Plato said or Cicero said or Thomas Jefferson said.
I am not familiar with Reagans speech, but I think having them all to study and in one place would be wonderful!
Wow! So many cool things! I’d like to learn more about the Mayflower Compact… I have family who came over on the Mayflower and my Grandma (who now has Alzheimer’s and is not a resource at all anymore), was very big into studying the people we knew and were related to on the Mayflower. Thanks for the opportunity!
I love History! What a gem to have in our house. My daughter memorized the Declaration of Independence last year and it inspires me that she can still recite it. I would love to read A Model of Christian Charity.
There are several I haven’t read before, actually there are several I have never heard of like Reagan’s “The Boys of Pont du Hoc” and Jefferson’s confidential letter to congress. I have also wanted to study the Mayflower Compact and the Constitution in greater depth. Thanks for sharing this amazing book. I hadn’t heard of it before and am definitely adding it to my wish list.
Oh, and I love your blog. You are a great inspiration. Thank you.
Shelly
Oh, what a treasure to own! I would love to study the bill of rights in more depth.
I need to spend some time studying the Bill of Rights personally. When I saw this book a while back I added it to my wishlist as well. The setup reminds me of the “for Latter-day Families” Scripture series. Which we love!
I love this post! This entire book looks interesting! I recently found out I have an ancestor on the mayflower so, I would especially love to read The Mayflower Compact and learn more about that time.
I have never seen a book like this! From you pictures, it’s put together very beautifully and would make anyone want to learn about American history. My uncle is a huge history fan and always likes to teach me about different events especially in American History.
I am definitely interested in reading about The Star-Spangled Banner with him. Usually school textbooks only mention the basic facts about the very first flag. It would be great to learn more and see the beautiful images this book has to offer!
Thank you so much for posting this!
~ Kieli ~
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You have the coolest giveaways! I’m a fan of Thomas Jefferson and would love to read up on that confidential letter. That and the Monroe Doctrine intrigue me the most, as I’m only familiar with the name and not the actual document.
It has been ages since I have studied any of them. I would love to read and study Washington’s farewell address.
Wow, what a wonderful book. It’s hard to choose what document I would like to read. I would like to know more about The Battle Hymn of the Republic. I remember my aunt in the last few days of her life just belting out that song.
I need to study all of them!
I’ve had my eye on this book for awhile. I think I would first read Reagan’s speech and Jefferson’s letter. Thanks!
Definitely on my wish list!! I can’t pick one, because I would love them all…
I would love to read all of them. We don’t get many chances to really learn about what maked our country great.
Thomas Jefferson’s Confidential Papers, definately! I have never heard of them and they sound intriguing. What would a brilliant mind like his write?
What a great book, I can’t believe I don’t already have it. I’ve really been wanting to study the Constitution since I read Pres. Benson’s talk “Our Divine Constitution” earlier this week.
What an awesome giveaway! I could study all of them but I don’t think I have ever read Ronald Reagan’s speech. My husband and son would absolutely love this book also!
Sadly, I am not nearly as knowledgeable as I should be about Historical Documents. However, a trip to DC got me interested in a few. The Gettysburg address was beautiful. 🙂 I would love to learn about more of them.
I have studied bits and pieces of most of these, but I’m not familiar with the John F Kennedy or Ronald Reagan speeches. I would love to have this book to share the words of the prophets as my children study these documents.
We’re just starting out (DD is in kindergarten), so we haven’t studied any of these yet, and I don’t remember studying most of them in school. This book is definitely going on my list of books to buy. All the documents look great!
I would love to have the this wonderful treasury of historical documents. I haven’t read John Winthrop’s Speech, ” A Model of Christian charity” and would love to do so. Thank you so much for the opportunity and chance to win this book. deanna123calvin@hotmail.com
I would love to learn more about Washington’s farewell address! I’m a HUGE Washington fan but for some reason I have never read that document! And I love the “_____ for families” books! My parents have the Book of Mormon for Families and the New Testament for Families and we loved them!!!
I would love to read the Mayflower Compact. I just found out this week that it was the first document that gave governance to the people. Since I have been thinking how to teach American History next year, this might be a perfect addition.
I don’t live in the US, but as well informed members of the world, we study lots of different countries and love it.
This year we have been using our country as a model and watching Human Planet and compairing. What an amazing blessing to live in a free country with so much to be greatful for. (Hello running water!)
I am putting this on my wishlist. (because I never win things! :D) So many of our freedoms here in Canada were inspired from freedoms in the US. (or Europe, but both countries have the influence from there) What a treasure trove of wonderful documents. Thank you for the review.
I must admit I haven’t studied most of these documents. This would be a great resource for our Summer Camp! Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
I would like to study “Common Sense”. And this book does look wonderful. Perfect for homeschoolers!
This is on my wish list too! So I’d love to win a copy. I’d really like to read Reagan’s Pointe du Hoc speech. This is about the third time I’ve seen it referenced this week and I’m getting really curious as to what he said.
hmmmm…I’d like to learn more about Reagan’s. But all of them would be really interesting.
Thanks!
It would probably be a shorter list to list the things I HAVE studied or read! This book would be a fabulous way to do more American Studies!
We are new to homeschool, and are covering the states right now. But my son would LOVE to learn more about The Civil War. My family history roots run deep in the church, so maybe we have some family photos in the book!
I would like to reread George Washington’s farewell address. I would also like to really read and study our constitution.
Wow, that IS an impressive collection. I’m in desperate need of a history overhaul for our homeschool – and I don’t know where to start! This book would be everything I need! (Maybe it’s time to start saving up for it…)
This book sounds ULTRA fabulous! I would love to learn more about the Civil War.
I’m not familiar with Washington’s farewell and I’m not positive on Reagan’s speech. Those two top my list.
Oh my gosh! This looks like such a fantastic book! I bought a little book a few years ago that is about the Constitution, because I know so little about any of those major documents and I would love to know about ALL of them. Very cool giveaway…I’ve never tried this, so it’ll be a learning experience all the way around. Thanks!
I know just an embarrassing amount of history, so I would LOVE to read this book cover to cover, but anything about Abraham Lincoln would be fabulous to learn more about! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I haven’t studied any of them! I am a Canadian, married to an American, and after 13 years I finally decided to apply for citizenship. I have my interview in 6 days and have been studying their questions and realize I need to learn much more now, for my sake and my children’s. This book looks like an excellent collection.
I am sorry to say that of the few of these documents I actually have read, it has been a long time, so I need to read all of them. But I would especially love to read the Gettysburg Address. Thanks for the giveaway!
This book is on my wish list as well. I like your idea of studying these speeches and documents as a US history unit. It would surely teach me a lot since I don’t think I have read very many of them. I have heard of them but never actually read them. What a great resource!
I know the history surrounding The Gettysburg Address, but I have never read it!
I would like to read George Washington’s farewell speach. I think he is an amazing man.
I am not familiar with Ronald Reagan’s speech. Thanks for your review of this book! I’m going to share it with my mom.
My husband is currently attending Lincoln Memorial University’s medical school and the area, though in the south was loyal to the Union during the Civil War. I would love to know more about the speeches by Abraham Lincoln. But, I’m also descended from passengers on the Mayflower so I’d love to see the annotations that go with the Mayflower Compact. So cool!
I would love to study ALL of those documents! I would love for my daughters to study them too! This is our first year home schooling… and I’m loving it! I would especially love reading Reagan’s “The Boys of Pont du Hoc”. I’ve never even heard of it….
There wasn’t one item on the list that I wouldn’t love to read about! This is our first year homeschooling as well and I would love to have a great resource like that to merge our history with the gospel with no extra effort on my part! We visited DC with the kids this summer and it really peaked their interest in a lot of American history.
What a WONDERFUL book! My first choice to read about would be The Battle Hymn of the Republic, but I would quickly read others too! Thank you for showing this WONDERFUL resource.
(I’m busy thinking about how to tie it in to the Gospel Doctrine Sunday School lessons!) 🙂
I NEED that book for sure. It looks fascinating! I don’t think I could choose just one document I would like to study. I could use further insight into just about all of them in the book.
Wow! Thank you very much for this giveaway! I would love to read all of the documents in their entirety. I’m ashamed to admit I have only read bits and pieces. I have been anonymously enjoying your blog for quite a while now and really appreciate your informative posts! Thanks again!
This summer I helped my son with an AP History project about the Constituion and the Bill of Rights. It was fascinating and made me realize how little I know about all of these documents. I would love to delve into them one by one and gain a greater understanding of each of them!
Oooh, yes! I would love love this book!!! I have never read George Washington’s Farewell Address or…well…several of those. 😉 This would be fantastic for our homeschool, and I think DH would love this too! hehe.
Hmm, either the Monroe Doctrine or “I Have a Dream” Speech…both areas I’ve meant to go in depth on, but somehow I always fall back to the Revolution Era and prior…must get past Westward Expansion…lol.
What a wonderful book. I am not familar with Ronald Reagan Chapter 18. I can still remember sitting in the backseat of my parents car on an 8 hour trip to Grandmas and hearing on the radio that President Reagan had been shot. Thankyou for posting. When we finally made it to Grandmas that’s all the adults talked about. I remember for the first time feeling that my world had been opened up to more than just pop music on the radio and afterschool cartoons with Bugs Bunny.
Thanks for posting and dusting off childhood memories.
Ohh, I would love to get my hands on this book! I was never big on American history past the Revolutionary War, and then it interested me from WWII+ so I would love to read the whole book cover to cover! And it would be even better to read it from an LDS perspective, being converted 3 years ago 🙂
I think I would like to read more about Thomas Jefferson’s letter. This looks like an amazing book to have!
I was not born in the USA, so I never learned as much history about it. Now I homeschool my children here and would love to teach them history, while I am learning it, with an lds perspective. thank you for sharing this book review.
I would love to have my boys study Washington’s Farewell and EVERYTHING else in the book. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. There is no Deseret Book near where I live so I would never have known about it otherwise!
Don’t add me into your giveaway, I already have this book. Just thought I would add a 2nd witness that this book is awesome!!!
What a cool book! I’d like to study the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Common Sense. Neat!
Wow what a great book. I never saw this in the Deseret catalog. Honestly American History unless it has related to the Church has never seemed interesting. I know you’ll say that it has all lead to our history but if we weren’t mentioned specifically I found it boring. I always preferred European History. But with the insight from the Prophets and leaders of the Church I would definitely want this book! Lincoln’s Address, George Washington’s Farewell Address, and Thomas Jefferson’s Confidential Letter to Congress are worth wanting this book. Thanks for the offer.
I would really love to own this book. I don’t recall ever reading “common sense” but I really am not familiar with any of them…sad, I know. I want to teach my children these important American history that they will otherwise not learn! This has been on my wish list since I saw it in the Deseret Book catalog!!
Thanks for sharing the table of contents. There are many speeches/documents that I’ve never read, let alone studied. I’d start w/The Mayflower Compact. Fantastic book!
I would love to be able to read and UNDERSTAND the Constitution. I have read bits and pieces long ago, but really need to refresh my memory of what it contains without the interjections of the press and the liberal media in general.
Desi
A lot of those documents I have not read and would love to. This looks like a great book. I know my husband would really like it.
Okay, I’m not a homeschooler anymore. I’m not even American! But I would LOOOVE this book. 🙂
I’ve always liked American history. I find great interest in it and would enjoy studying any of the documents. I’ve only ever studied the declaration of independence, and I’ve read some of the constitution.
I would like to read Common Sense as it appears to be a rare commodity lately.
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I don’t think I know anything about the Reagan speech. For most of the rest, except the Constitution, it has been a while. I do object to your characterization of the Occupy protesters. My “clean, comely, modest” daughters have been protesting in Occupy Portland. They come prepared to serve, with extra food, water, and medical supplies. They have met people from all walks of life, including veterans from several wars, computer programmers, homeless people (who the Occupy people give food and shelter to), police officers, college students, many people with master’s degrees who cannot find jobs, teachers who just lost their jobs, retirees, and anyone else you can think of. They are sacrificing to call attention to the way our government has been twisted into something the Founding Fathers would no longer recognize. These kinds of protests have happened with every large change our country has needed to make – from the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution, to the Civil War, to the Sufferage Movement (where the police used to beat those women bloody with fists, night sticks, and pipes), to the Civil Rights Movement and the movement to end the war in Vietnam. There have been many more protest movements along the way, and each time, things have changed – usually for the better of the population of the country. I usually love reading your posts, so my suggestion is that you go back to the usual standard of leaving insults to others out of them. I’m sorry to go off on you like this, but I can’t stand by and condone those kinds of comments from anyone.
I’d love to read George Washington’s farewell address
Wow! Cool book. I have The Book of Mormon for Latter day Saint Families and love it. I bet this book is great too. The one I would like to learn more about would be Ronald Reagan’s speech. Now off to eat some chocolate! 🙂
Ronald reagan’s speech! Thanks for the details about the book. It looks like a great learning tool.
I’ve never read Common Sense. I know, it’s sad. It’s on my list though! So that’s one I would like to study. I would also like to memorize the Constitution and/or the Declaration of Independence. Well, not the whole thing(s). That might explode my brain.
We just started studying American History this year, and plan on reading through all of the documents in this book. I would love to have this as a handy reference with them all in one place! lorrilove@hotmail.com
This looks like an amazing book. I know most of those documents are available for free, so I look forward to all of the enrichment material added, like commentary, explanation, background, timelines and photos. It’s been a long time since I’ve studied any of those documents, and there are some I’m not familiar with at all, such as Reagan’s speech and “A Model of Christian Charity.” Thank you for sharing.
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Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address would probably be the first document that I would read. He was an incredible man and a childhood hero of mine. Thanks for this amazing giveaway!
I haven’t read many of them since high school. I’d like to give them all a good readthrough.
This book is on my wishlist! I haven’t heard of “A Model of Christian Charity” but would love to read it.
I need to begin at the beginning. Mayflower Compact here I come!
We have found that we I have ancestors that came over on the Mayflower. I would love to read the Mayflower Compact. I love reading older documents, I love being able to “watch” history play out through great documents.
I just started homeschooling my five kids this year and we haven’t read any of those! I could use a refresher on all of them, but I haven’t ever read Pres. Reagan’s speech. Thanks for sharing–and yes, this one will go on my wish list! 🙂
@Jennifer J,
I can finally respond to your comment now that the giveaway is over. I’m sorry that you took the comparisons of photos as an insult but I think you were rather hasty in your judgment of what I said.
I think it is rather funny how quick those of the Occupy Wall Street Movement feel they are being judged. If you look back at my post I didn’t even say those are the ones I was talking about. There are protests going on all over the world that are in the news and not all have anything to do with the Occupy movement. I didn’t even say protesting was bad. It’s not! I just compared the photo of the Women Suffragettes to the photos of the protesters in the news. Go ahead and look them up. You have to agree that looking at how they are dressed and behaving compared to the photo of the Suffragettes my comment has merit.
I also didn’t say anything about the Occupy Wall Street Movement itself. I have several cousins participating in Occupy Salt Lake. The photos they post of their protests also, ah, don’t portray the best of humanity (to put it lightly).
Yes, there are some good people doing good things. But there are also many who are trying to push a much different agenda. The Occupy Movement doesn’t have a unified initiative so it is just a cacophony of noise at this point.
I feel bad for you. You really don’t recognize the judgement in what you wrote. You try to justify yourself. And then you end this post with a zinger. I don’t know what pictures you are looking at – I’m guessing you are a Fox News watcher and Glenn Beck admirer. If so, you need to start reading some other view points. My newspaper has had some great pictures of the diversity of people protesting. You can watch the live stream and see the diversity of people – servicemen, people in suits and dresses, jeans and t-shirts, crew cuts and dreadlocks. Your definition of the best of humanity, and the Savior’s, might be quite different. All of these people are children of Heavenly Father. Just because you don’t like the way they dress doesn’t make what they do, think, or say any less valuable to Him. To say that the Occupy Movement is a cacophony of noise just means that you are not listening. I really do feel bad for you.
“You really don’t recognize the judgement in what you wrote. You try to justify yourself. And then you end this post with a zinger. I don’t know what pictures you are looking at – I’m guessing you are a Fox News watcher and Glenn Beck admirer. If so, you need to start reading some other view points.” Hmm…and there is NO judgment in that statement, right? And you need to guess again. We don’t get any local stations. Most of our news we get from cable tv – CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News in equal amounts (we like to be well-rounded). Anderson Cooper does a great job. And online we usually follow the Occupy Movement around the world at The Guardian. They are the only news site we have found that has a specific page for Occupy, updated frequently throughout the day. In the car the only radio station we get is NPR so that is what we listen too (when we don’t listen to our own CDs).
“Your definition of the best of humanity, and the Savior’s, might be quite different.” Thank goodness He is the ultimate judge of that, not you. 🙂
But when there are allegations of rape, confirmed drug use, and disregard for personal property at Occupy protests it diminishes the validity of their messages. Actions speak louder than words, and you can’t call those who participate in that kind of behavior the “best of humanity.” Yes, the ones displaying that type of behavior are a minority but they do add black marks to the movement. Even Jon Stewart agrees.
(my comment is continued to below, it was too long for blogger to accept)
“To say that the Occupy Movement is a cacophony of noise just means that you are not listening.”
Which parts do you want me to listen to?
This one
These people
These people
or heaven forbid, this one.
They all say something different. The following definition and example sentences were taken from Dictionary.com. The first and last sentences in particular are relevant.
ca·coph·o·ny
/kəˈkɒfəni/ Show Spelled[kuh-kof-uh-nee]
noun, plural -nies.
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
Example Sentences
* The resulting cacophony is exhausting for the user, who must concentrate to isolate relevant input.
* On such networks, conventional wiretaps will yield a cacophony of useless electronic noise.
* When I blog on politics, on the other hand, there’s a cacophony of voices.
One also has to wonder what the real motive of the movement is when it was started here in the USA by a Canadian activist group!
It is possible for informed people to come to very different conclusions and opinions, which has happened here. So I rest my case for my point of view. My priorities at this point in time do not include debating this (though I love me a good debate!) as evidenced by how long it has taken to finally get around to answering.
I’m just sorry a mountain was made out of a mole hill. Some people are too easily offended.
So, I have watched this little quarrel unfold in my email. I am not a perfect saint but as a daughter of a Temple President, the niece of a former 70, etc, I have to say I’m amazed at all the banter here. I love reading your positive posts, but the fact that you felt the need to defend your simple statement just makes me sad. The people in my family try hard to not judge others and try hard to not be offended by others (although I know it is very hard at times). Remember we are all children of God and we all disagree at times, but love one another please, even in posts. Bless you all.
I do apologize for any hurt feelings or even misconceptions my responses may have caused. I thank you both (Jennifer and Anonymous) for posting your opinions in the comments. I welcome opposing views to my own as stated in my comment instructions “If we all agreed on everything how boring would that be?”
You have witnessed my weakness for political debate. 🙂 Which is why I do try to stay away from writing any deeply political posts on this blog. Can you imagine what that would be like? YIKES!
I totally include myself in my own statement that “some people are too easily offended.” I completely admit there are times when I take offense at something. I had time before initially responding and it took some back and forth in my own thinking before deciding to respond in the first place. Ask my poor husband! The poor guy got “well if I do respond than this….” and “but if I don’t respond than this…” I think my reason for responding was more of I didn’t think what I said in the post was insulting so I was defending that.
And believe it or not we also don’t try to judge others but we do judge their actions. There is a difference. It is Satan who wants us to be indifferent (if there is no good than there can be no evil). All of us judge whether we think we do or not.
I will try to do better. Thanks, ladies! Anonymous I am assuming you are a lady and not a man. 🙂
Dear “Commenters”
It was pleasing to read through some of the comments on this blog and see the interest in varied documents. I am one of the associate editors. I wish I could give you all a complimentary copy. Let us all think more on the liberty of our fathers, the faith of our fathers, and the purposes of our Father in Heaven. This is not in the book, but President Reagan believed while he was president that there was a obscure boy in whom the Lord had a great interest in and who would in his time step forward and provide leaderhsip and courage. I often wonder how old the boy is now. And how much his leadership and courage is needed.
Thanks for being loving and attentive parents. Onward and Upward!
Ryan Jenkins