Articles by Larry Gaian

Foundational Doctrine for a Modern Wilderness

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Finding “Grace” in Project Hail Mary

June 28, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
Project Hail Mary is more than a survival story. It is about what happens inside a person’s heart. Ryland Grace struggles with regret, anger, and feeling misunderstood. The real question is not about science. It is whether he will let the Lord and life change him for the better. While watching, I kept noticing his last name: Grace. That seems […]
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The Amarillo Mountains: The Panhandle’s Hidden Peaks

June 25, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
The Amarillo Mountains are a hidden wonder right under our feet. If you stand in downtown Amarillo and look out, you see only the flat, endless Llano Estacado. But deep below all that dirt and rock, there’s a huge, rugged mountain range most folks never even hear about. Here is the story of the hidden peaks beneath the Panhandle. The […]
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The Blue Norther: The Panhandle’s Sudden Winter Wall

June 25, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
A blue norther in the Texas Panhandle is something you remember forever. One moment, the sky feels like an old friend. The next winter barrels in like a linebacker at full speed. Suddenly, everything flips upside down. This storm does not just arrive. It sweeps across the land and claims it. Before a blue norther rolls in, the day can […]
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Birth of the Texas Panhandle

June 24, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
The Texas Panhandle sits at the very top of the Lone Star State, stretching out with wide-open plains and big, dramatic canyons. Out here, the sky feels endless and the land tells stories of changing borders, proud Native roots, and a farming boom that changed everything. Why is it Called the “Panhandle”? When folks talk about the “Texas Panhandle,” they […]
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Lynn County: Where the Prairie Became an Empire

June 23, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
Lynn County, Texas, was first established in 1876 when the Texas Legislature set the process in motion. Folks made it official in 1903. The county sits high on the Llano Estacado, where the wind never seems to rest. Before anyone marked out boundaries, this land was nothing but open prairie and short grass as far as you could see. For […]
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O’Donnell, Texas

June 22, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
O’Donnell, Texas, sits right where Lynn and Dawson counties shake hands on the high plains. Today, it feels like one of those boom towns that shaped West Texas back in the early 1900s. Originally, before it even had a name, this land was wide-open prairie, featuring short grass waving in the wind and nothing but sky for miles. In the […]
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Faith Is Not About Having All The Answers

June 21, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
Sacrament meeting talks are often packed with simple, powerful gospel truths. Every so often, the Spirit takes one phrase and presses it gently into your heart—like it was meant just for you. That happened to me today with the sentence this post begins with. — Larry Faith is not about having all the answers. It is trusting that the Savior […]
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Pitching Our Tents: Why “Tents” Matter So Much in the Book of Mormon

June 21, 2026 Larry Gaian 0
Tents show up all over the Book of Mormon, and not just because ancient people liked camping. In the record, tents quietly become a symbol of what discipleship often feels like: traveling, gathering, worshipping, enduring, and waiting on the Lord—without always having a settled, permanent “home” yet. Tents, Tents and More Tents Camp life appears throughout the Book of Mormon, […]