There is quite a bit packed in to the chapters from Come Follow Me this week and I could write…
The one component of Lehi’s vision that I have been thinking about for a while now is the mist of…
I came across this story recently and it reminded me of the tragic complexity of history. We tend to look…
Contention must be avoided at all costs. The entire media industry exists off of creating and distributing stories that stir…
On Feb 28, 2019, at a Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction, there were some great things that Elder Bednar had…
“But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do…
Sometimes we limit what God can give us by the “receptacle” or “vessel into which something is received” (Webster’s 1828…
My feelings about the Church’s new Come Follow Me plan for families has been a little mixed. I’ve gone back and…
I’m not sure if anyone has made this connection before, but in studying Matthew 4, I noticed that there were…
Lehi obtained an explicit promise from the Lord (2 Nephi 1:9) concerning his people, and in its concise form it…
Bishop Dean M. Davies begins by sharing a story that involved the selection of a temple site with Gordon B.…
This past weekend I attended a conference at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX where President Nelson and others spoke.…
https://youtu.be/x5RCW8LqgM0 Elder D. Todd Christofferson is someone that I look forward to hearing from and his talks always seem to…
https://youtu.be/N5Ky2ozQ1i4 I really loved this talk. I like most talks from Dallin H. Oaks because he doesn’t share a lot…
“Please do not focus primarily upon the logistical aspects of what has been announced. We must not allow procedural details…
https://youtu.be/_8_vmu_da-s “Some years ago, one of our young married daughters and her husband asked Sister Rasband and me a very…
There is an ideology today that I hear quite often and it is poor in principle and flawed in doctrine.…
https://youtu.be/XM0ym6KN7og This year our grandchildren wrote the topic of their message on stones and then, one by one, buried them…
Frequently, our first reaction to hard things is “Why me? This is true, but why? Hard things happen to everyone…
Elder Quentin L. Cook expanded on the details of the new changes to the Sunday Schedule and numerous ways that…
In keeping with the purpose of this blog as my personal study journal, I’m going to be doing something new.…