August 31st, 2026 
Scott 
TheDiscipleMD I don’t know why I should have been so reticent to go back into the convenience store and say I made a mistake…but I was! I guess no matter how old you get you never get over your desire to not look foolish! It was an innocent mistake, yet one I wasn’t willing to […]
June 12th, 2026 Scott
TheDisicpleMD We all remember playing team games as children. Whether in school or in pickup games around the neighborhood, you always wanted to be chosen first by the team captains. Being “chosen” early is something of an honor. No one wanted to be left standing alone as the last pick. What an insult! While being […]
May 14th, 2026 Scott
TheDiscipleMD As a sophomore in high school, I decided to try out for the wrestling team even though I scarcely knew a thing about the sport. Much to my surprise, I won a spot on the varsity wrestling team. For me, it was a great accomplishment. As inexperienced as I was, somehow I managed to […]
April 14th, 2026 Scott
TheDiscipleMD Every person has a different experience regarding their upbringing, so my thoughts are, of course, personal. I remember at times as a youth I would think to myself, “Why did I have to be born a Mormon?”That was the term used when I grew up. I was the rare “Mormon” kid to all my […]
March 20th, 2026 Scott
TheDiscipleMD I don’t remember how old I was, but I couldn’t have been more than seven or eight when I awoke late one night and imagined that the doorknob to my room was turning back and forth. At the time, I happened to be sleeping in a room with my brother that had two doors, […]
February 3rd, 2026 Scott
TheDiscipleMD My second grade teacher was a tiny elderly woman named Mrs. Wells who despite her size held a commanding presence in our classroom. She carried a foot long wooden ruler, almost at all times, and wielded it freely in order to get the attention of the class. It was not uncommon for her to […]
January 23rd, 2026 Scott
TheDiscipleMD Several years ago my sister bumped into an old friend from High School days. They hadn’t seen each other in over 35 years. They talked for a bit and then my sister’s friend, Karen, shared with her the story of a “really” bad hair day that she experienced more than forty years ago when […]
December 17th, 2025 Scott
TheDiscipleMD A young boy in the first grade was given the assignment in elementary school to make an ornament for Christmas. A popular way to make an ornament in his day, circa 1963, was to Papier-mâché a soda pop bottle into a holiday character. He decided to make an angel. He spent several days meticulously […]
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