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Last week’s news of the LDS church opting out of the BSA Varsity and Venturing programs is sad, but not surprising.  Sad because those programs could have and should have been leveraged to help further prepare these boys for life… that’s why both programs exist and what boy scouting is all about!  However, I’m not surprised at all by this move for reasons I see in my own unit. As I read this announcement and thought about my counterparts both past and present, I imagined the vast majority of those Varsity/Venturing leaders breathing a sigh of relief that they will … Continue reading →