by Walter Penning | Oct 15, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
I have written before about the life changing experience of leaving the city and converging on a piece of ground in southern Utah to build a homestead. That was back in 1976 and both a memorable and momentous time for me and my family. But interestingly, as noteworthy...
by Patty Sampson | Oct 14, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I’m like a lot of Americans. I need to feel good about a candidate for office before I can vote for them. And it’s breaking my heart, while bringing my blood to a boil, to see the candidates for the two major parties stand up on stage and verbally duke...
by Abby Christianson | Oct 13, 2016 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
Caution- this blog post is rather raw. My emotions are raw, and I am being honest in a way I rarely am. I ask for forgiveness in advance. Being a special needs mom is HARD, and lonely. There are good days and bad days, like everything in life. But for some...
by Britt Kelly | Oct 11, 2016 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
The recent events in the news and the over sexualization of society have opened up all sorts of opportunities to rip children from their innocence and childhoods. I don’t want those burdens for my children, neither do I want to leave them ignorant. This has brought up...
by Tudie Rose | Oct 10, 2016 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the way I grew up. I don’t think there was anything more important to my parents than personal integrity. Yet, I don’t remember that many conversations about integrity as a child. All I needed to know about integrity I learned...
by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 9, 2016 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
As I enjoyed the comfortable, soothing words of General Conference, I felt an unexpected jolt. Our church leaders invited us over and over again to become more converted. I suddenly wondered when the next tumultuous wave would hit. I felt like each talk was an Alma 5...
by Patty Sampson | Oct 8, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
When I was 13 or 14 we had a carnival at my church. Each person earned tickets for winning games. Those tickets could be taken to the prize table that was decked out with amazing prizes! I was dazzled! I found this gorgeous musical merry-go-round with majestic...
by Delisa Hargrove | Oct 7, 2016 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
My dog and I are creatures of habit. He calculates what I’m doing next based on the clothes I wear. For instance, whenever I put on a skirt he knows I’m going to “church.” I’ll be gone for a while and he won’t be going with me. He barely lifts his head to say...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Oct 6, 2016 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
“My face was in the floor. I was crying and crying. I thought it would never end.” A friend told me of her divorce experience five years ago. “There was no place in the world I’d rather be than with him, to just hug him one more time,” said another friend who lost...
by Walter Penning | Oct 5, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
My father used to teach me about the scriptures. Listening to one of dad’s discourses on gospel topics was a privilege and an honor. I was just a young man—a boy really—when his stories and instruction began to change my life. I wanted to be like my dad. He told me...
