by Patty Sampson | Jul 9, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I love Indiana Jones. One of my favorite scenes is from the Last Crusade, where he has to cross this big ravine. There is an invisible bridge that the clues have led him to believe is there. But it’s invisible, and nobody has ever gone that way before. There...
by Patty Sampson | Jul 2, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I’ve tried to write about several different subjects, but the topic that keeps coming back to me is family. Families are forever. And families are the basic unit in God’s plan for His children to come to Earth, to learn and grow. But with the current US...
by Patty Sampson | Jun 25, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I have a favorite quote that I heard as a kid. I don’t know where it came from, or who said it. But it goes like this: “Teach the Gospel every day. And when necessary use words.” It was a nice quote until one day I realized it needed to be more of a...
by Patty Sampson | Jun 17, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I think the Fathers have it right. There are very few fathers that spend Father’s Day lamenting not being better fathers. They don’t beat themselves up for every small mistake, like many mothers do. Most men have an easier time sitting back and enjoying some family...
by Patty Sampson | Jun 4, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
There we were sitting in Sunday school, talking about faith. Our teacher asked us each to think of someone in the scriptures who had shown incredible faith. Noah, Moses, and the Mormon Pioneers were all mentioned. As I sat there, I was caught by a wave of emotion...
by Patty Sampson | May 7, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
It’s springtime! And for me, that means my peach tree needs some long overdue attention. In years past, we have had some amazing peaches from this tree. But last year we had some issues, and very few of them were edible. So it was really time to address how out of...
