Here are some great quotes I have come across recently and a few thoughts to go along with them. “If…
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Personally, I don’t have much use for optimism or pessimism, where you expect the best or the worst outcome. I’m…
“I then remarked that marriage was an institution of h[e]aven institude [instituted] in the garden of Eden, that it was…
We talk a lot about receiving and following revelation, but I’ve learned in my experience that the process itself is…
Credit to JR Ganymede for bringing this to my attention (love that blog) and credit to Albert Jay Nock who…
Forgiveness is the loudest praise, repentance, the greatest peace.
“For us, divine inspiration does not mean God possesses a man, and simply dictates the inspired text to him. But…
In Jacob chapters 2-3, we encounter one of the most fervent and emotionally charged sermons in the Book of Mormon.…
“Every man who lived on the earth was entitled to a seer stone, and should have one, but they are…
There is a lot of repetition in religious life from rituals to ordinances, practices, and even scripture reading. Let’s take…
The following is a post created from a talk I gave in church this morning. There is an idea in…
I have heaps of respect for Jane Birch and all of the research she has done on the Word of Wisdom.…
I think we’ve all been there. You may have a good home/visiting teacher now, but I think we’ve all had…
I would like to address the subject of modern idolatry in the form of wars of aggression, near-eastern emperor-vassal covenants,…
The following are interesting excerpts from Webster’s 1828 dictionary for the word “power.” 1. In a philosophical sense, the faculty…
After the fall, God says to Adam and Eve, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread…” Genesis 3:19…
I’m going to be presenting a class this Friday (October 26, 2016) called Journaling Principles That Work, at the Family Roots…
Joseph Smith once said: “I am at all times willing to give up that which is wrong for I wish…
I attended a nice baptism the other day. A woman was baptized by her husband who had grown up LDS…
The following is taken from Hugh Nibley’s Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Semester 1, pgs. 6-7. I’ve had this…