by Walter Penning | May 5, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Though my melodic inclinations are limited, I live among many who are gifted musicians and adeptly familiar with song and musical scores and the importance of being in tune. Harmony brings great joy and peace into our home and calms difficult storms that inevitably...
by Walter Penning | Apr 27, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
My wife and I taught the 13 and 14-year-old class a short time ago—Maddy and Tristan and Eliza and Shaun, two Sydnees and Josh and Trevor. We heard a story about a Sunday School teacher that told each student “I love you” every week. We adopted that strategy and our...
by Walter Penning | Apr 20, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
When I was just getting started, Alan Ashton changed my life. I met this infamous business icon when I was a young father recently graduated from Brigham Young University. We all knew of Alan’s success, because he had been a professor at the school prior to launching...
by Walter Penning | Apr 13, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
What’s in a name? I start with this simple question because the answer is both surprising and significant, and it may change your life. I remember a story told about President George Albert Smith: When President Smith was young, his deceased grandfather George A....
by Walter Penning | Apr 6, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
We had an interesting Sunday School lesson recently. The instructor asked us to read the hymn I Know That My Redeemer Lives (p136 in the hymnal) and share the lines that mean so much to us. Like you, I love this song, which has a history of influence in all our lives....
by Walter Penning | Mar 30, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
With the event of Easter, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released another Easter message as it did last year. This season’s airing is entitled #hallelujah Find New Life. Missionaries had access to the video on the missionary portal prior to its...
