The Goates Notes (tm)

A chronicle of our lives and times . . . where politics and religion are not taboo topics COPYRIGHT 2025

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Two Modern Parables You've Never Heard

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PARABLE OF THE SCREWDRIVER There was a propane tank at the end of the Pine Valley Road that ran dry and needed refilling. The propane delive...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

In The Shadow of My Savior Jesus Christ

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Provo City Center Temple I have a constant companion these days since Patsy died. It is my Savior, symbolically represented here. There are ...
Monday, January 26, 2026

"Where Will This Lead?"

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President Dallin H. Oaks These days I come home from Church on a Sunday to an empty and this morning a very cold one. I long for our post-Wo...
Monday, January 19, 2026

My Attempts at Estate Planning These Days. . .

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I am now an old man at age 78, when planning for the future has now led me to possibilities I never had to consider until now. While I am st...
Friday, December 26, 2025

How Do You "Outlive Your Funeral?"

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Strange title, eh? Well, I will attempt an answer here today. It's Boxing Day today, much more widely observed in England than here in A...
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David B. Goates
Retired Opportunity Development Manager at Packsize International, former member of the LDS Business College's Management Program Advisory Board. He and Patsy believe they are the grandparents of the most amazing rising generation of young people this world has ever seen. I don't speak for anyone but myself.
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