by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 15, 2018 | Finding Happiness
“It’s not my fault I’m like this. I had a bad childhood.” Today, a bad childhood often seems to be an excuse for bad behavior. Certainly, it’s important for parents to give their children good childhoods (and people who have suffered abuse during any stage of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 9, 2018 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
When Lehi, the first Book of Mormon prophet we read of, was commanded by God to take his family into the wilderness to escape attempts on his life, his greatest challenge wasn’t leaving behind his wealth. It was the attitude of his two oldest sons, Laman and Lemuel....
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 27, 2018 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior, Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
The story of Daniel in the Lions’ Den is one of my favorites. King Darius is tricked by his servants to pass a law making it illegal to pray to Heavenly Father. They did this out of jealousy and hatred for Daniel, a Hebrew servant to the king who had special talents...
by George Domm | Oct 23, 2018 | Finding Truth, Guest Posts
A good friend of mine recently announced his 60th birthday on social media. He posted in a letter format, starting by saying, “I don’t like growing older. I understand one can’t have a good life without growing older in the process. It is life.” I...
by Nanette ONeal | Oct 6, 2018 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Our first house was an older home, with the kind of old-fashioned windows that lift and lower on a pulley. Some of the pulleys were broken and the windows could only stay up with a hefty wooden dowel. The prior owners of the house had put in storm windows on the...
by Julia G | Sep 13, 2018 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
When I had my final interview with my stake president so that I could send in my mission papers (my application to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), I was given two points of counsel from my Stake President. ...
