At this time of year I'm always reminded of Dr. Irving H. Cohen. When I
was a teenager he challenged my peers and me to recite the generations of Adam.
(Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahaleleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
All these years I haven’t forgotten.) He taught us to call the coming holy day
Resurrection Day. Easter is about duckies and bunnies. Resurrection Day is
about so much more. Dr. Cohen was raised an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn. He
trained as a dentist and served in Korea in the 1950’s, where he read the Book
of Mormon and became converted. When I met him Dr. Cohen was a member of the
stake high council from Schenectady. If he’s still living, he’d at least be in
his eighties. Over the course of a lifetime, you meet thousands of people. Many
you won’t remember; others you will never ever forget. What will you leave the
people who meet you today?
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