Fulness of Times

I started this post a couple days ago with only the title. I decided to finish it and was going to look up some past statements by the Church regarding the medical marijuana initiative, that will be on Utah's ballot in the upcoming election. I opened KSL and today's lead article (at least at this time) is Shutterstock.com LDS Church issues statement regarding Utah Medical Marijuana Initiative   https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46318852&nid=148&title=lds-church-issues-statement-regarding-utah-medical-marijuana-initiative Here's the article: "The proposed Utah Medical Marijuana Initiative is a matter of great controversy in this state. The negative effects and consequences of marijuana use on individuals, families, and society at large are well-known. There are also those who claim that it has medicinal benefits for those in some circumstances. "Accordingly, the Church asked a Salt Lake City law firm for a legal analysis of the proposed initiative t...

Here are some of my experiences, observations, and perceptions of Scouting. As a young boy, I was in Cub Scouts in Utah. I don't remember much, but do remember my mom was my den mother at least once. I remember having fun and earning badges and arrow points. Fun was the key. We moved to Chile when I was 10, halfway through the North American school year, and before school started in Chile. I don't remember much about the last year of cub scouting, as a Webelos scout, but it was not a Church sponsored unit. The Scout troop I joined in Chile, and later my brother, was a BSA troop. It was not sponsored by any church. I think it was chartered through a North American school's PTA-like association, who had a lot of contacts through the US embassy. We had a cool council patch, Direct Service Around the World council. The troop consisted of boys from age 12 through 17 and from nationalities around the world. As I remember, only Chileans could not officially join, because Chi...