Testimony and Conversion

Testimony and Conversion

Having a testimony doesn’t guarantee a conversion. I have known people who prayed to know if the church was true, received an affirmative answer, and then walked away from it out of fear or unwillingness to change or commit. In my own conversion process, I was...

The Path that Leads to Happiness

In The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Twelve Apostles, we read, “His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come.” But how can we find His path? And once we have found it, how can we get on it and stay on it? As...

A Legacy of Love

I've been thinking a lot about the kind of legacy we leave behind when we pass on. When our work here is done, will we be remembered as we would like to be remembered? I remember watching a show on televison some time ago about a mother and son that were going through...

Cyrus: A Type and Shadow of Jesus Christ

I have absolutely loved reading Andrew C. Skinner’s book, Prophets, Priests and Kings. It has given me a whole new light on how carefully Jehovah has placed people in the earth’s history for specific purposes. Such is Cyrus: Thus saith the Lord . . . saith to...

Loving Your Teens: the Power of Positive Physical Touch

Loving Your Teens: the Power of Positive Physical Touch

Communicating love to your teen in any aspect can be a treacherous road, yet perhaps none is trickier than through positive physical touch. Due to fluctuating hormones, a constant sense of uncertainty, and the drastic highs and lows in their moods it can be difficult...

Family Home Evening Is For Singles Too

Family Home Evening Is For Singles Too

About 93 years ago, the First Presidency of the Church, had a growing concern about the degeneration of families across the world. So, in a formal letter to the church, they instituted Family Home Evenings (FHE) “We advise and urge the inauguration of a ‘Home Evening’...

A Hundredth Part

A Hundredth Part

From the time that the Prophet Lehi and his family left Jerusalem, to the final Battle at Cumorah, which marked the formal end of the Nephite people, records were kept. These records were passed down, to be read and then continued, from prophet to prophet, and from...

Positive Male Role Models

In my church this past Sunday we had a lesson from the new manual Teachings of Presidents of The Church: Joseph Smith. The class I attended was a quorum meeting, a quorum being a group of men who hold the same priesthood office. As the title of the manual indicates,...

Abraham & Isaac, Foreshadows of God

From the beginning of the world there have been prophets of God on the earth, except during the Dark Ages. Jehovah, who is also Jesus Christ, communicated with Adam and Eve in the Garden and from that day forward, the teachings of heaven were available to the children...

Discipleship in Marriage

Discipleship in Marriage

The family is a basic unit of society. However, its definition and expectations tend to also change with the whims of society. The Lord’s view of the family does not change. It is the most important aspect of our lives here on earth and is central to His plan for our...

Jesus Christ – The God of Heaven and Earth

It is not often that I stop to consider the absence of hope and its effect on the human spirit. But I have done a lot of thinking on the topic as of late. Sometimes it seems as if life is so overwhelming that to go on one more day is beyond one’s capabilities. This is...

Joseph Smith and Jehovah

Joseph Smith and Jehovah

I’ll never forget a particular woman I met while serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as the Mormons, in Portugal. She was a Jehovah’s Witness, but was dissatisfied with some of the rules of that faith. My...

Sacrament: Taking Upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ

Sacrament: Taking Upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ

How do you create memories for things that are special to you? Do you keep a journal or photo album, or do you have some other favorite method of bringing back good feelings and joy from past experiences? The covenant of baptism is one of the most joyful and sacred...

A Proper Appreciation for Trials

A Proper Appreciation for Trials

In the past, you may have prayed to be spared all trials. Today, as a new member of the church, you may want to consider offering thanks for your trials. Dallin H. Oaks said, “Our needed conversions are often achieved more readily by suffering and adversity than by...

Loving Your Teens: the Power of Affirming Words

Loving Your Teens: the Power of Affirming Words

One of the most powerful statements I’ve ever heard on the power our words hold was given by a latter-day apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nicknamed Mormon Church) by the name of Jeffrey R. Holland. In his talk, “The Tongue of Angels,” he...

Obedience for the Pure Love of Christ

Obedience for the Pure Love of Christ

As you’ve learned more about Jesus Christ, you have also learned to love Him in a way that may be more new and personal than ever before. As your love grows, you want to show Him how you feel. Dallin H. Oaks, a General Authority, said, “We are challenged to move...

Our Handbook to Happiness

In 2003, Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormon Church,) wrote an article entitled “Three Choices” (Liahona, Nov 2003, 78–81.) In his talk, he speaks of three choices we can make to improve...

Every little contact counts

Every little contact counts

I've talked with many people who have joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, referred to as the Mormons, and I love hearing their conversion stories. Rarely does a person join the Church because of one member...it's usually the result of a variety of...

Proud To Be An American

Proud To Be An American

You know when you get a song stuck in your head and you just can’t seem to shake it out of your brain? That happened to me yesterday, but in a good way. I kept humming the words to Lee Greenwood’s patriotic song:   If that first paragraph sounded sappy, then you...

A Prophet’s Prayer For Our Nation

A Prophet’s Prayer For Our Nation

I ran across this prayer given by President Gordon B. Hinckley today and thought it was particularly timely after Super Tuesday last week. I served as a poll worker all day and will share some of my thoughts about that experience with you in a separate post. Getting...

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