Raising the Bar: Building Zion
As I begin to write this, it is about 24 hours after the close of the April 2018 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). In my entire life, I have never experienced a more exciting and jaw-dropping General Conference! I’m...
Discovering Depression on My Mission
This post was originally published on June 9, 2016 on Amy Keim's personal blog. Minor changes have been made. "Amy, I love you and I will never be disappointed in you, but I would be disappointed for you." I will never forget that moment, staring at the...
Women Leading, Teaching, and Ministering with God’s Power and Authority
During the General Priesthood session of General Conference, President Russell M. Nelson made a statement that I can't get out of my mind. It perfectly summarizes the desire of my spiritual quest and how I view women's roles in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. "We...
Improving Your Teaching Skills
“Every position in the Church requires an effective teacher.” ~Elder L. Tom Perry In some callings, such as Primary teacher or Gospel Doctrine teacher, this quote is obvious. As we consider other callings, this teaching component may be a bit more difficult to...
J. Golden Kimball—Unusual Mormon Apostle
J. Golden Kimball was a Mormon leader born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1853. His father was Heber C. Kimball and his mother was Christeen Golden. He was quite poor as a child and then worked as a cowboy and a teamster, which started him on a path that led him to be...
Happiness Begins With Me
If I were to let the world tell me who I am and what I’m worth, I would be a very unhappy person indeed. We live in a world that seems bent on telling us we’re not good enough, pretty enough, or skinny enough. According to society’s standards, we are simply not...
Live Like You Believe
Often what we need most is right in our path, but for various reasons, we don’t see it or recognize the importance of the obvious. There is a metaphor for this concept that goes something like this: Can’t see the forest for the trees. That phrase was...
Line Upon Line
Growing up I was in love with the show Saturday’s Warrior. It’s a story of a family whose son gets wrapped up in his friends. And when his twin sister gets sick he comes home to his family and learns what life is really about. They have recently remade the movie, but...
An Anxious Girl’s Reflections on General Conference
There are so many things to love about General Conference. Let’s be real: not having to get ready for Church is a perk in itself. I’ll take wearing my pajamas over a dress any day. (Remember when Elder Holland gave a talk in which he said that he could picture all of...
The Savior’s Atonement Breaks Bonds of Our Mind: Being Your Best Cheerleader
The main message of the Easter season is that the impossible is possible and the miraculous is within our grasp. Jesus Christ's atonement broke the bonds of death and sin and also the bonds of fear, doubt, and limiting beliefs of our minds. He said, "Learn of...
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Every weekday, our youngest daughter does a packet of math problems. She notes the time she begins and the time she ends her work on each packet. Once a week, she meets with a tutor to review her progress. When she first began this program, the tutor reviewed...
Part II: Identifying Sleep Disorders
I have often been a listening ear to a mother of a son who has ADD. What follows is Part II of his story on ADD + sleep disorders, all in his mother's own words. Part 1 can be accessed here. After my son was diagnosed with ADD and we finally had him on the...
The Rest of the Story
I grew up listening each week to Paul Harvey on the radio. One of my favorite segments was when he would share stories about famous people without indicating who he was talking about until the very end. His signature tagline as he finished was, “And now you know the...
A Signal Honor
Real happiness is available to those who follow Jesus Christ and keep his commandments. For God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 Despite...
Critical Thinking v. Criticism
The Internet truly is a wonderful thing. We are now connected with people from all over the world. I have learned so much from online acquaintances who live in places that I’ll never be able to see. The knowledge we gain from this technology is mind-boggling....
10 Tips for Being A Good Friend When Your Friend Has Autism
I was recently invited to speak to a group of Cub Scouts about Autism. Their pack was having a meeting about diversity, and I wasn’t the only speaker. They are so young. All of them are between 8 and 10. So I adapted my talk to their understanding, and focused on how...
How Youth Conference Game Night Became Judgment and the Spirit World
Saturday night I got to attend youth conference. I'm not currently a youth leader, but the stake young women presidency asked me to run a booth for game night. They asked me to focus on sharing positive religious content on social media through QR codes. I struggled...
Because of Him
In one word, what does the Savior mean to you? Charity. Forgiveness. Atonement. Love. Everything. After each member of our family shared their one word with the Sister missionaries in our home this last week, the Sisters...
Part I: Identifying ADD
I have often been a listening ear to a mother of a son who has ADD. What follows is his story, in this mother’s own words. The Diagnosis Something was wrong with my son. Someone I don’t like and don’t respect for a multitude of reasons basically twisted...
Glimpse
$32.33. That was the total at the drive-up window. "Dad, thanks so much for getting us a bite-to-eat. Do you want us to Venmo you the money for dinner?" First of all, my son and his family had picked me up from work, and we were driving up to see the...
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