by Amy Carpenter | Jul 12, 2018 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
If you’ve read any of my posts before, there’s one thing you know about me: I have stomach problems. (I get it; you’re probably all like, “YEAH, WE KNOW! Get some new material!” But it’s essential to the story, so… Deal with...
by Walter Penning | Jul 11, 2018 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Black as a cat, blue in the face, red-handed—idioms are a combination of words that create a meaning that is different from the inference of the individual words themselves. English expressions can be confusing because they sometimes seem to be illogical. Let...
by Tudie Rose | Jul 10, 2018 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
I’ve struggled all my life with relying on Heavenly Father to help me with my problems. Soul searching over the years has enlightened me on why I have this problem, but the struggle continues. I was a sickly child, and I think I got through it by sheer...
by Patty Sampson | Jul 9, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I love Indiana Jones. One of my favorite scenes is from the Last Crusade, where he has to cross this big ravine. There is an invisible bridge that the clues have led him to believe is there. But it’s invisible, and nobody has ever gone that way before. There...
by Delisa Hargrove | Jul 8, 2018 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
And [Jesus] took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. I learned that the Greek word for bread, ἄρτου, also (significantly to me) designates the shewbread of Old...
by Emlee Taylor | Jul 7, 2018 | Emlee Taylor- On the road to Jericho
A few summers back, a tattooed, young woman with multiple face piercings stood in line at a fabric store, waiting to get her fabric cut. As she waited, a mother with a young child cut in line in front of her, arms full of red, white, and blue fabric. While giving the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 6, 2018 | Finding Happiness
Jacob, the third prophet of the Book of Mormon, warned his people of the sin of pride. Today, we tend to praise pride as a value, but never does the Book of Mormon speak of pride as a virtue. God just doesn’t see pride the way we do today. Jacob warned: 13 And...
by Walter Penning | Jul 5, 2018 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Excited to play Little League scrimmage, I joined the United Fence baseball team with my elder brother when I turned 8 years old. Playing baseball is great for many young men, but I remember for me this was a highlight of my youth. I wasn’t particularly good, but I...
by Candace | Jul 4, 2018 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
This post was originally published on LDS Blogs in 2008. Minor changes have been made. Today, as my husband and I were driving home from the gym, I heard Rush Limbaugh ask his listeners to think of the things about America that made us proud. I’ve had...
by Julia G | Jul 3, 2018 | Finding Happiness
I must admit that I am an avid reader. So much so that I have on more than one occasion been called a bookworm. When I was a child, (when I first started really reading) one of my favorite book series was Choose Your Own Adventure. In these books, there were many...
