by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 23, 2009 | Finding Happiness
In the last General Conference before his death, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, an apostle of the Lord, gave a memorable talk entitled “Come What May and Love it.” In this talk, he explains that the title of the talk is the advice his mother gave him at a time when he was...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 16, 2009 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
With so many people struggling financially, it may seem overwhelming to think of how to help. There are people who are in financial trouble who have never struggled in the past and others who have experienced poverty all their lives. What is the best way to give so...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 5, 2009 | Finding Happiness
When I was a teenager, it was common for young people to talk about trying to “find themselves.” While this was seemingly a worthwhile project, most teenagers and young adults searched for themselves in all the wrong places. For some, it was nothing more than an...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 2, 2009 | Finding Happiness
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, described hope as one leg of a three-legged stool. The other two legs are faith and charity. “These three stabilize our lives regardless of the rough or uneven surfaces we might encounter at the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 2, 2009 | Finding Truth
God isn’t just a shadowy figure who created us, made a bunch of rules and then disappeared from our lives. As the creator of our spirits, and someone who knew us before we were born, He loves us and has a deep, personal interest in how we’re doing. He wants us to know...
by | Jan 6, 2009 | Finding Happiness
by Karen R. Trifiletti (This is Part I of a reproduction of a fireside presentation to Mormon Youth on October 21, 2001.) We lifted my eight-year old daughter, Talia and held her up over the retaining wall in the back yard where she glimpsed the world from a few feet...