by Delisa Hargrove | Nov 19, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
I sat forward riveted to the chair while my young women’s president taught us about Light and Truth. I remember finding our surroundings ironic. We sat in the darkest room in the building—the windowless classroom on the stage. But, light and truth burst onto the stage...
by Delisa Hargrove | Nov 12, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
As I walk, I step on scattered palm seeds. The palm trees tower above me. The seeds are tiny in comparison. Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. Seeds are the promise of a future generation. I’ve thought a lot over the past few days about generations, of parents and children. How...
by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 22, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
Utah inmates have a rather unusual option in the work program lineup. Genealogy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partners with the Utah prison system to train inmates to complete family history projects. The Church’s first Family History Center opened...
by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 16, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
It seems like every Mormon family has an aunt or cousin who has done “all of the genealogy for the family.” For my maternal grandfather’s line, that person is mom’s cousin Fawn. She’s connected family ties for years and years, yet I’ve never heard her say,...
by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 1, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
In his letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul taught Saints of Ephesus that through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, they could be saved. Before their conversion, Paul said, “That at that time ye were without Christ, being…strangers from the covenants of...