Frequently, our first reaction to hard things is “Why me? This is true, but why? Hard things happen to everyone all the time, so why don’t we anticipate them? Why do we feel that somehow we should be shielded from…

Sacred texts often conceal their key teachings behind patterns that only become clear upon closer examination. The Book of Mormon is designed in this way. Beneath its historical narrative lies a structure of repeated phrases, formulas, and literary patterns that…

“If it hasn’t happened to you—it should.” [1] That’s what President Ezra Taft Benson had to say about the changing of the human heart and being born of God. I would argue that if this has not happened in your life, then it should rise immediately…