by Collette Brennan | May 31, 2019 | Collette Brennan: Every Member a Missionary
I want you to imagine a scenario. You’ve just received a new pair of missionaries into your congregation, and over time you notice that every day when you pass the chapel on your way to work, they have a table set up outside and are reading scriptures all day. When...
by Janette Beverley | May 30, 2019 | Janette Beverley: Reaching Toward the Light
Have you ever tried to match a paint color without a swatch or a nifty Home Depot attendant? I have, and I would like to attest that some mistakes can’t be covered up ourselves by eyeballing a paint color! We are simply going to need more help. I recently put...
by Walter Penning | May 29, 2019 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
I am sitting in my office. On my desk, there sits four pairs of earbuds and an AHP1 Alesis headphone. They all used to work well, but over time one or more of the speakers have gone out or at least now work inconsistently. They served their purpose. They were not...
by Tudie Rose | May 28, 2019 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
Please allow me to ramble a bit today as I try to collect my scattered thoughts into something tangible. Over the last six weeks or so, I’ve thought a lot about the miscarriage I had on April 3, 1982—yes, I remember the exact date 37 years later, even though I don’t...
by Patty Sampson | May 27, 2019 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
Family has not always been my favorite subject. When I was a teenager, I was way too cool for my parents, and my siblings were nothing but an annoyance — and there were plenty of them to annoy me. I was a real pain in the butt whenever my parents tried to gather the...
by Delisa Hargrove | May 26, 2019 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
Celestial marriage is a lofty eternal goal. To understand this end, we must begin at the beginning. Before Adam and Eve ever entered the Garden of Eden, or even before the world was formed, we lived with our Heavenly Parents. Through a process of creation that...
by Amy Carpenter | May 25, 2019 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
In today’s society, there’s a phrase that is becoming more and more apparent: “Sex sells.” Sexual intimacy, something designed to be a bonding, sacred, and personal experience between a married couple (hence the very term...
by Sonja Hopkins | May 24, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Some years ago, I was asked to give a talk at a stake conference. I was a Relief Society president at the time. I was asked to speak on welfare principles and was given quotes from general authorities regarding principles of welfare. I was to select one for my...
by Janette Beverley | May 23, 2019 | Janette Beverley: Reaching Toward the Light
Music is a complicated thing. There are masterpieces that take our breath away, songs that annoyingly get stuck in our heads, love songs that make us cry, and life-moment songs that make us cry harder. In music, just like in life, there are moments that ebb and flow,...
by Walter Penning | May 22, 2019 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Editor’s Note: Like last month’s “Because of Him,” this article was written by someone other than Walter—a fellow gospel brother. (Each month will feature a different male whom Walter loves and respects.) As with all of Walter’s...
