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I have divided my life into two halves and am now entering the second half. As has been painfully pointed out to me, I am 70-years-old and the second half will surely be shorter than the first half. My response to that is to point out that the second half, while shorter, will be based on a bit more wisdom and knowledge than I had access to in the first half. This site will chronicle some of my second-half adventures.

Ross Palfreyman

Ross Palfreyman

Joy in the Brambles

Ross Palfreyman

Ross Palfreyman has taken a lifetime of faith and biblical study and turned it toward an important and timely reflection on the role of service and joy in our lives. Joy in the Brambles shows us how to navigate the dense thickets of choices we are faced with day to day. He gives us a compass that points us toward joy as our sacred connection to God and shows us that joy consists of service and an orientation toward others.
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Two Years In
Gods Mormon Army

Ross Palfreyman

Despite several similarities to other religious denominations, there remain a number of unique lifestyle and doctrinal differences that separate Mormons from what one might call typical Christian living. For one thing, Mormons follow a fairly strict dietary law of health called the “Word of Wisdom” that prohibits the consumption of alcohol and tabacco. In addition to Sunday worship in meetinghouses, Mormons also build and attend Temples for special religious practices throughout their lifetime. In addition to reading the Bible, Mormons also read from the Book of Mormon, which they hold as sacred scripture concerning ancient America as revealed by the prophet Joseph Smith in 1830. Finally, Mormons place a high standard on family home life and all of their teachings and activities are committed toward bringing families closer together in love and unity in hopes that this ideal will be perpetuated in the afterlife.
One of the real hallmarks of the Church is the practice of sending young men and women on missions throughout the world for up to two years. Once I volunteered to go, I agreed to go wherever I was assigned to go. It was Thailand where I served from 1973 to 1975. There are up to 70,000 missionaries serving at any one time. So you may know one of these missionaries as a friend, a neighbor, a work associate or a child of any of these. While this particular story takes place in Thailand, many of the ups and downs of a mission are universal in nature. Hence, reading Two Years In God's Mormon Army is a revealing look inside the Mormon Church, its customs and beliefs.
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The Stall Times Reader

Every few days we post snippets of joy shared by our subscribers, acts that have been observed, lived or shared, that inspire us to look outwardly to lose ourselves in the service of the needs of others, even if just for a moment. We can feed off the joy of the stories and even more significantly, we can be reminded of the joy that can be ours by random acts of everyday kindness.

Palfreyman Applied Learning (PAL)

What do we do with the new mass of knowledge available to us? How do we use it?

With all of this change, it would be expected that education would be tailored to the newest learning opportunities and demands of an ever changing society. 
Unfortunately, that has not happened…
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