Category Archives: Insights and Thoughts

My Voice. My Words.

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

There is a lot of talk these days about ChatGPT or using AI to write or to speak for you. It’s becoming the “cool” thing to do, the thing the “educated” or “techy” people use to communicate.  The thought of … Continue reading →

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A Book of Mormon Lesson on Alma 36-38: RECORD KEEPING

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Here are the notes from a lesson I taught this week in our Senior Missionary Book of Mormon class. ALMA 36-38 In the 3 chapters we are studying this week, there are 2 very important things going on.  One is … Continue reading →

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Heart Change

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I was asked to speak in church this week. Below are the thoughts I shared. I gave the talk in German, but I’ve copied the English words here for the rest of you (the German text follows). strong>Sacrament Talk Offenbach … Continue reading →

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Clark’s “Kindness Chart”

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

A few weeks ago, before Little Lenna Lew was born, Clark made this Kindness Chart.  Every time he does something kind, he colors a heart. Let’s all be like Clark.  Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Thoughts after visiting Nuremberg’s Nazi Party Grounds

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

We recently visited Nuremberg and Hitler’s rally grounds. As we spent the day wandering through the different sites, I felt heavy hearted. I felt ghosts hovering because of what happened there–the rallies, the marching, the confinement, and the executions.    … Continue reading →

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If you can alter the world, even by a millimeter, then you can change it.

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

“The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, … Continue reading →

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“I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” –Jane Austin

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I would describe my life as “UNFOLDING.” I could not have planned it, or consciously prepared for it. Rather, it’s like it came to me, one interesting experience after the next. When I look back, I see things I began … Continue reading →

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For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost.

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

“When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to … Continue reading →

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The ultimate touchstone is witness.

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This photo above of my Book Club was taken in our home last year.  This group of friends has been together 36 years, since organizing into a book club in 1987, the year I came home from Nigeria.   Some of … Continue reading →

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The Enduring Power of Stones and Words

Posted on September 9, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Today, in a place called Marburg, I walked on stones that have been walked for more than a thousand years.  These stones are worn and old.  If they could speak, oh the stories they’d tell!  I wondered about those stories … Continue reading →

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