noreply@blogger.com (Kartchner Smith)Sun, 6 Oct 2024 23:54:41 -0400Blogger http://www.blogger.com11125http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/en-usnoCopyright Kartchner Smith All Rights ReservedKartchner,SmithKS ColumnKSKartchner Smithkartchnersmith@gmail.comKartchner Smithhttp://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2020/03/wheat-and-tares.htmlMon, 11 Mar 2024 18:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-3287865196766381109Wheat and TaresThe Savior taught (Matthew 13:24-30): 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:  25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.  26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.  27kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/03/march-gladness.htmlMon, 4 Mar 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-7206078755948418778During the first few days of March 2024, my mother turned 93, our youngest grandchild turned ten, and our oldest grandchild turned 26. My mother has always been my Best Friend.  She set a positive example of patience, understanding, and love which I hope I've passed on to my own children. Besides our youngest grandchild and oldest very grandchild, we have four other grandchildren. They are kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2020/02/leap-year-day.htmlMon, 26 Feb 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-5328758011952288849Have you ever wondered if you could get everything done if there were more hours in the day? This week we get an extra day to catch up on our tasks. What will we do with the extra time? Some may squander the additional 24 hours. Most will use the time to move forward. Did you know there is a Leap Year Capital of the World—Anthony, Texas AND Anthony, New Mexico? There are several traditions kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/01/potholes.htmlMon, 19 Feb 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-6015399694300490907As my family and I were preparing to move from Phoenix to a state with "real" winters, I was apprehensive about many things. But I was most nervous about driving in the snow and ice. After all, I hadn't had any practice with either in the "Valley of the Sun". Oh, yeah. We were moving in the middle of December! I was warned about wet snow, slushy snow and black ice. So I equipped my 1-ton kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2021/02/valentine.htmlMon, 12 Feb 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-160378068938976241As we think of Valentine's Day, we usually think of those closest to us; i.e., spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend. Some of us send Valentine Cards to our children and grandchildren.  One of my favorite memories is receiving a Valentine's Card from my maternal grandmother. What about those of our friends who are widowed, divorced, never married, fatherless, motherless, etc.  Let's reach outkartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/02/truth-usually-lies-somewhere-in-middle.htmlMon, 5 Feb 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-2603995569101478427Two good friends are ending their marriage. To each other. What went wrong? We've all heard the expression "He Said, She Said". Usually the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Sadness comes as we realize both are really wonderful people. So what happens to cause a couple to divorce? Oh, there are big things that can happen.....abuse, infidelity, etc. But many marriages end for one reason: kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/05/who-is-my-neighbor.htmlMon, 29 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-3176999529095159704One Sunday when I taught Sunday School to teenagers, we discussed Luke 10:29-37: 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance there came down a certain kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/10/search-ponder-pray.htmlMon, 22 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-1283718168295165562During 2010, one of the the monthly messages of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was "Strengthening Faith in God the Father and Jesus Christ through Personal Scripture Study". In a talk given in September 1979, President Spencer W. Kimball wrote this: "We want our homes to be blessed with sister scriptorians—whether you are single or married, young or oldkartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2020/01/guest-column-rip-glenn-lewis-frey.htmlMon, 15 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-135160157696076433 Glenn Frey’s death on 01/18/2016 brought memories of a column I penned some time ago. At the time I was revisiting younger days, re-memorizing the words of every Eagles song I have ever known. I turned thirty during the heyday of the The Eagles. While they may not have influenced my life in a substantial way (despite having lived in Venice, CA, I never succumbed to the drug and hippie culturekartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2020/04/stewardship.htmlMon, 8 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-6347352600142775177During the 179th Semiannual General Conference, October 2009 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Quentin L. Cook, Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said this:"We serve our fellowmen because that is what we believe God wants us to do".[Stewardship—a Sacred Trust] Since Elder Cook gave that talk, I have given it a great deal of thought. In referring to the notes I wrote while kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)http://kartchnersmith.blogspot.com/2019/01/reflection.htmlMon, 1 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219300160515288024.post-4289123199686493882Happy New Year and welcome to 2024! ".....this is a time for reflection on activities of the past, and for resolution pertaining to the future."  [Russell M. Nelson, speaking at Brigham Young University on 7 January 1990] The end of one year and the beginning of another seems to motivate many of us to rethink our priorities, our goals, and/or our objectives. The last several years were kartchnersmith@gmail.com (Kartchner Smith)