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Core Theme for the 60-Minute Talk
“I think I can” is the beginning of faith. “I know I can” comes through experience. “You can too” is teaching. A child believes they can tie their shoes.Then they practice.Then they know. A teenager believes they can drive.Then they practice.Then they know. A parent believes they can raise a family.Then they spend years doing…
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ANOTHER STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD
Our names are Corey J. Niner and K. Kirton Niner (CK KIRTON-NINER). We appear before this mediation seeking a peaceful and lasting resolution to an ongoing dispute affecting our family, our home, and our property. We wish to begin by explaining that our position is not motivated by hostility toward our neighbors. Our position is…
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Showing Up
DOES THIS HELP® What the Sacrament Taught Me Yesterday Hello CREEKERhood, Yesterday, as I sat in Sacrament Meeting at 9:00 a.m., I found myself paying attention to the details. I noticed the Young Women practicing their music before the meeting began. I noticed who greeted me and who didn’t. I noticed the young man who…
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Breaking the Poverty of the Church
I grew up in the poverty of the church. Those words make some people uncomfortable but, they describe my experience. I watched faithful people struggle. I saw talented people who did not know how to prosper from the very gifts they had been given. I witnessed households surviving rather than thriving. I learned that testimony…
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Eternal Family: The Ones Who Endure With Us
Community of Christ and fellow people, Today I would like to speak about what eternal family means to me. As I have grown older, I have spent more time reflecting on my parents, my grandparents, my children, and the generations that came before me. I have looked at photographs, studied family records, listened to stories,…
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The Courage To Comprehend
Humanity, Agency, and the Responsibility of Self-Governance Humanity has always searched for truth. Not merely facts,not merely information,but understanding. From the first fireside stories shared between families to the modern digital age where information travels the globe in seconds, human beings have always carried forward one sacred inheritance: the ability to learn,to choose,to teach,and to…
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testing
Does This Help® Classroom | Book of Mormon Student Self-Test Platform Book of Mormon Student Self-Test Platform Does This Help® Classroom • Six-Day Challenge • Read, Remember, Test, Reflect, and Stand Tall Home 6-Day Challenge Take Quiz Reflection Teacher Summary Print Welcome, Students This classroom platform helps students test themselves on the knowledge they are…
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living the Ten Commandments with civility and humility
Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to speak about remembrance, restoration, and the importance of reading scripture for ourselves. Over the last little while, I have spent time reading the Book of Mormon from cover to cover. As I read, I found myself thinking less about fear of the future and more about understanding…
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self-govern
Standing Tall: Self-Governance, Trauma, Faith, and Conscious Choice A Personal Study on Healing, Accountability, and Spiritual Awareness By K. Kirton Niner For many years, I lived with the weight of other people’s judgments. I was told I was not good enough, not smart enough, too emotional, too chaotic, too outspoken, or too aware. Like many…
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another neverending story
Reading Along in Zion A Reflection on the Atonement, Memory, and Reading the Book for Yourself By K. Kirton Niner I completed a six-day reading challenge of the Book of Mormon, and by the end of it, I realized something important: this is not a book someone can truly read for you. You have to…