Bradley MacLay

Married to Jen, father of 3 *business owner - property management and real estate brokerage in Arizona* wakeboarding *Sports fan

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@TribeRuffner You should read the rest of the book to find out what happened!!

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@joeknowsthemrkt That’s because he knows the difference between a “potential buyer” and an actual buyer

[Derek Andersen @DerekjAndersen]

My @Divotdotorg interview with @Ch_JesusChrist Apostle @AndersenNeilL. We talk about how to build a life of faith, what happens after death, dangers of ego, strength of humility, good vs evil, how he was called as an Apostle, feeling forgiveness, and being my dad.

Timestamps:
01:14 — The Burden Everyone Carries in Life
02:23 — The Real Game of Life: Good vs Evil
08:23 — Growing Up on a Farm
09:31 — The Experience That Expanded His World
11:21 — From Self to Service
12:40 — Why Helping Others Creates Meaning
16:48 — Faith Is a Muscle
23:41 — How to Rebuild Faith When You’ve Lost It
27:19 — Why Humility Is the Source of Real Strength
30:22 — Speaking About Faith in a Modern World
32:54 — What Happens After Death
40:01 — The Danger of Ego and Recognition
45:08 — The Call That Changed His Life
53:04 — Becoming an Apostle
57:13 — His Core Responsibility
01:03:20 — The Hardest Part: Helping People in Pain
01:14:00 — Forgiveness: Why You’re Never Too Far Gone
01:18:13 — The One Idea He Would Teach the World
01:19:08 — How He Measures a Good Life

Hashtags:
#faith #faithjourney #forgiveness #purpose #meaningoflife #lifelessons #personalgrowth #selfimprovement #mindset #humility #service #familyvalues #fatherandson #spiritualgrowth #resilience #leadership #divotpodcast

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@miniml_you_me_W Congratulations. どこですか？

[Old School Eddie @Old_SchoolEddie]

Maybe Iran thinks it's winning because it keeps watching CNN. 🤔

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

We had to choose between an Iran with nuclear weapons or a temporary increase in gas prices. And since some of you can't decide if you're a man or a woman, Trump made the decision for you.

- @rancanoglenda7

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@JasminRappleye I love it. Dehlin is literally a for-profit business. With a board of directors and everything. And the entire purpose of the business is to attack the church. I don’t think the church has any problem with individuals making derogatory comments this is entirely different

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

Actually what's ironic is rain on your wedding day.

A free ride when you've already paid etc.

But America’s energy independence because we bet on shale - when others bet on wind - well -

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out.

Heard that somewhere.

[Tony Farmer @Tonysmarkettips]

Imagine you're an NFL player and you have a $1 Million incentive in your contract for winning MVP.

You come in 2nd place in MVP voting and find out that the player you lost to plays for a team whose head coach has been hanging out with one of the 50 awards voters and pictured holding hands with him.

Dianna Russini publicly stated she voted for Drake Maye, so This exact situation almost played out this year, except Stafford won the award (barely) and he didn't happen to have this contract incentive.

The Awards voting process needs to be seriously looked at. This can't happen again.

PS - NFL coach's contract details aren't public, but theoretically it's possible for a coach to have an incentive for winning COTY. Dianna Russini has a COTY vote.

How is any of this okay?

[Church News @the_churchnews]

The first-ever class has graduated from the Ensign College Prison Education Program. Over 500 students have participated to date.

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the Church’s 2026-2027 area leadership assignments with adaptations. Some area presidencies now have four members and all no longer have specific counselor assignments.

Primary General President Susan H. Porter gave a keynote address at the 36th annual International Society Conference at BYU. She shared how adults can treat children with dignity and help them understand their worth.

[Jonathan Pageau @PageauJonathan]

The notion that the Garments of Skin given to Adam are passed down from generation to generation and contains a civilizational power is not something we invented for the Godsdog series.

It is described in the book Jasher and then other later traditions. The traditions usually go until Jacob taking them from Esau after Esau stole them from Nimrod. We then continue this tradition using the prophetic transfer of a hairy garment with Elijah, pushing that logic until St John the Baptist. After that, we speculate about who and how that power is held.

The garments of skin are real enough for this story to have survived in second temple literature, and they are real enough that Christian authors like St Gregory of Nyssa make them into an image of exteriority and our passions.

So that makes them pretty real.

At 10 years old, I would suggest you simply ask your son who he thinks would have the garments of skin today.

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@kylebeshears Interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing and being kind.

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Someday there is going to be a movie made about this rescue mission in Iran.

But man, what a morale booster for our military to know that @SecWar and @POTUS will blowup $300 million worth of our own military aircraft to rescue one US soldier.

No man left behind! 🇺🇸

God bless our troops!

[Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @__Injaneb96]

As an Iranian watching this rescue mission unfold, I was praying the American pilot would make it out alive, not just for him, but so the Islamic Republic could not use him as a bargaining chip or claim some twisted “victory.”

At the same time, I felt a deep envy.

Your government sent elite special forces, million-dollar aircraft, and moved heaven and earth to bring one American home. No hesitation. No excuses.

In Iran, the regime uses human shields and recruited child soldiers to clear minefields during the Iran-Iraq war. They treat their own people like disposable tools. They are now recruiting child soldiers as we speak.

The Islamic Republic has zero regard for human life. That’s the brutal difference.

One side risks everything to save their own.
The other sacrifices their own to stay in power.

This hits hard when you have lived under both realities.

[Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران @iranidaturan]

It’s day 33 of the war, and my hometown is still being heavily bombed.

Iranians are only now, with great difficulty, realizing that for all these years, they have essentially been living inside a massive military base the size of a country.

They’re finally understanding why Iran, despite all its resources, has remained so poor: because all the money has been spent preparing the regime for its apocalyptic final war.

None of this is defensive. It’s all offensive.

After every strike, Israel posts reports in Persian explaining exactly what it has hit. The main reason for cutting off the internet is so that people won’t see or understand what’s really happening.

Underground missile cities, bunkers built beneath residential neighborhoods, tunnels upon tunnels upon tunnels. It’s horrifying. This regime must go.

#IranWar‌ #ThankYouTrump‌

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

The dishwasher broke

My wife said "good thing we have the home warranty"

I said nothing

I've been paying $62 a month for three years for this moment

$2,232 for the peace of mind that when something breaks someone will come to the house and tell me it's not covered

I called

47 minutes on hold

They sent a technician

Arrival window: Tuesday through Thursday between 8am and 5pm

My analyst delivers faster than that

And he still hasn't fixed the gridlines

He showed up Wednesday at 4:47pm

Looked at the dishwasher

Opened the door

Closed the door

Touched something underneath

Said "not covered"

90 seconds

That's faster than my bank lets me prove I'm human

I said "what's covered"

He said "the motor"

I said "what's wrong with it"

He said "not the motor"

I said "convenient"

He said the service fee is $75

I paid a man $75 to open my dishwasher, close my dishwasher, and say two words

My analyst could do that

And he's not even that good

I called the warranty company back

38 minutes on hold

Requested the policy

129 pages

I read all 129 pages

Because that's what I do

The coverage section is 34 pages

The exclusions section is 58

The business model is right there

In the margins

Where nobody reads

Except me

Page 91 says "all mechanical and electrical components essential to appliance function are covered under standard service"

Page 104 excludes control panels

A control panel is an electrical component essential to appliance function

Their own document contradicts itself 13 pages apart

I highlighted both

Sent them an email

Subject line: "Plz fix. Thx."

Attached both pages

No other context

Took them three days to send a technician

Took them 4 hours to call me back when I found the loophole

Funny how that works

They covered the repair

Waived the $75

And I canceled the warranty anyway

Because a contract that contradicts itself isn't a contract

It's a suggestion

My wife said "so we're canceling"

I said "we're canceling"

She said "and the dishwasher"

I said "fixed. They're covering it."

She said "how"

I said "I read the policy"

She said "all 129 pages"

I said "the exclusions section starts on page 47. The coverage section ends on page 34. There are 13 pages between them where they hoped nobody would look."

She looked at me

Then she said "you're unbelievable"

I said "I just saved us $744 a year and got a free dishwasher repair. I'm not unbelievable. I'm thorough."

She looked at the ceiling

The dishwasher works now

The warranty is canceled

And the policy has been read

By at least one person

Probably the first

Make common sense common again

Plz fix. Thx.

Sent from my iPhone

[Dem Saints @LDS_Dems]

The irony of "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" is that none of the women seem particularly good at being Mormon, keeping secrets or remaining a wife.

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@RealMattFradd We should do an episode where we find out where we are similar, and then we can perhaps build some bridges rather than finding how we differ

[Bradley MacLay @bmaclay]

@LDS_Liberty Great post