by Sonja Hopkins | Mar 6, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
“We find a powerful example of the interaction among assurance, action, and evidence as the children of Israel transported the ark of the covenant under the leadership of Joshua (see Joshua 3:7–17). Recall how the Israelites came to the river Jordan and were...
by Sonja Hopkins | Feb 21, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
The quest for happiness is really the quest of a lifetime and the purpose of our existence here on earth. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, “In a phrase I am sure you have heard many times, the Prophet Joseph Smith once said, ‘Happiness is the object and design of...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jan 10, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Blog posts are the “media age” journals, a way of recording the data your life experience has stored in your mind. Rereading them (whether you or your children are doing the reading!) is a way of ‘mining’ that data in order to come up with ‘reusable solutions.’...
by Sonja Hopkins | Dec 27, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Editor’s Note: This article includes practices suggested by Church members that are not necessarily espoused by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As always, since this is not a publication of the Church, the views in this blog are solely those of...
by Sonja Hopkins | Dec 13, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Author’s note: Just one week before our 25th wedding anniversary, this post is a tribute to my sweet husband and the events that brought us together. I’ve learned that when you want a miracle in your life, you need to shop at the right store! My...
by Sonja Hopkins | Nov 29, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Parents may think their job is to raise their children to be productive contributors to society. Truth is, raising children teaches you all the things you refused to learn when you were a child! The gifts your children bring will either make you or break you....