It’s an exciting thing to be part of the church of Jesus Christ.  We’ve got a good thing here, and we need to let the rest of the world know just how exciting it is.

There’s an old story about a young high school football star who was being recruited by a coach from a major college.  The coach had never seen the young man play, so he asked him some direct questions. “Son,” he said, “I understand that you do the passing for your team.  Are you a pretty good passer?”

“Am I a good passer?” the boy answered.  “Why, I threw the ball 100 times this season and only had one incompletion‑‑and that was because the receiver fell down before the ball got to him.”

The coach was impressed, “I understand that you also played defense,” he said, “are you a good tackler?”

“Am I a good tackler?’ the boy …