by Nanette ONeal | Jan 24, 2016 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
I remember a beautiful story told by a sister missionary about the generous nature of strangers. While serving in a foreign country, she was struggling to find the right currency to use at a postage stamp machine. The bills she had would not take, and she was getting...
by Nanette ONeal | Jan 10, 2016 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
This is a banner year for us in the Philadelphia area. We, as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are getting our own temple. Temples are different from meetinghouses. We worship Jesus Christ on Sundays in our meetinghouses, where we partake of...
by Nanette ONeal | Jan 3, 2016 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Christmas was a wonderful day this year, full of family phone calls, text messages, visits—and most importantly, no reminders of the troubles current events. How is it that my Facebook friends who tear into each other every other day of the year can put aside their...
by Nanette ONeal | Dec 20, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
As we approach this last week before Christmas, the energy in the air is unmistakable—family is at the center of our minds. “Do I have the right present for my husband? Did I get my Christmas packages for my brother’s family to the post office on time? Will my...
by Nanette ONeal | Dec 6, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
Christmas is a time when people, regardless of their religious background, more readily put aside their differences, find commonality, and show acts of kindness and good will. Strangers helping strangers, families spending more time together, people making time for...
by Nanette ONeal | Nov 29, 2015 | Nanette O'Neal: Morning Devotional
It seems like social media these days is all consumed over the latest something—either ISIS, Syrian refugees, gay marriage, or the design on Starbucks coffee cups—to the point of obsessiveness. Television, radio, and Facebook are bombarded with heated opinions on...