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Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Check out my church talk (Google Drive)
Hope you enjoyed reading the material I used for the talk I just gave in sacrament meeting today.  The topic was service, and what it means to be your brother's keeper.  Here's how I prepare talks:

  1. I write the first half of my message before the presentation,
  2. Then I gave it,
  3. and afterward, I furiously write down what I should have said.

*The reason why I don't bother write out talks completely before the event, is because I know that the Spirit is going to reveal the truth to me as I'm speaking—so I've learned to just wait to write it down until after that inspiration comes and I have a moment to reflect on it.  I learned this behavior as a student seminary teacher.  I would work so hard preparing a lesson plan the night before.  Then, when I would deliver it to my first period class, it would always drastically change! (I felt so bad for those 1st period kids.) Once I figured out what worked,  the rest of my classes benefitted from that trial-and-error experience.

If you heard my talk in Church, in addition to looking over my notes here, I'd really love to hear your feedback.  Is what I've written really all that different from what you heard?  Or is it all in my mind?
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