Shelli Owen
Family Excursions
“The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.” ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay Is the above...
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Shelli Owen
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“...the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea..”
(Isaiah 11:9b & Habakkuk 2:14)
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Shelli Owen
May 20, 2023
SOCIAL JUSTICE – “Weal or Woe?” Series
“Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.” (Psalm 12:1) Not long after we were...
Shelli Owen
May 13, 2023
Beginning the Study of “Greater Things” (Scripture reading and study)
“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify...
Shelli Owen
Apr 28, 2023
Life Outside of School
“Ears that hear and eyes that see— the Lord has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12) What is real and what is not? All my school years,...
Shelli Owen
Mar 31, 2023
School and Riding the Bus
Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time....
Shelli Owen
Mar 10, 2023
Obsessions and Dad’s side of the Family
“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) Because of my dad’s example growing up, I developed disciplines that would...
Shelli Owen
Mar 3, 2023
Biblical Apologetics
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3) In the last...
Shelli Owen
Feb 24, 2023
Mom’s Side of the Family
[Jesus explained,]“‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’ Then they understood that he was not telling them...
Shelli Owen
Feb 17, 2023
SCIENCE: Weal or Woe? Series
Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities —his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood...
Shelli Owen
Jan 10, 2023
Family History and Genealogy
LDS or Mormon emphasis on genealogy and vicarious temple work for the dead (baptisms for the dead, "endowments," and "sealings") described
Shelli Owen
Dec 23, 2022
The Ultimate Knowing
Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet— Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.” ~ Alfred...
Shelli Owen
Nov 8, 2022
Eternal and Extended Family
“This is the word of the Lord...: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty” (Zech. 4:6). As I’ve mentioned,...
Shelli Owen
Oct 14, 2022
About Standards
“..an expert in the law, tested [Jesus] with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ “Jesus replied:...
Shelli Owen
Oct 7, 2022
When God is Silent
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?" (Psalm 22:1). Sometimes...
Shelli Owen
Sep 13, 2022
Beauty in Nature and Art
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread." ~ John Muir How does it happen that some things remain engraved on a person’s mind and heart...
Shelli Owen
Sep 1, 2022
Cooperative Destiny
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13); and “With God all things are possible” (Matt. 19:26). I’m going to...
Shelli Owen
Aug 25, 2022
The Power of Meetings
“It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” ~...
Shelli Owen
Aug 18, 2022
Weal or Woe?
“I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me, so that...
Shelli Owen
Jul 13, 2022
Neighbors & Siblings
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” (Romans 7:15). “No, don’t go home yet... Let me...
Shelli Owen
May 5, 2022
No Sway?
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘ Honor your father and mother’ —which is the first commandment with a...
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