Time Passes

Time Passes

Tick   Wow! Less than five months left until your son comes home? That went so fast!   Tock   You must be counting down the weeks now!   Tick   It feels like he just left!   Tock   Time has ceased to have its usual course of action...
The Very Thought of Thee

The Very Thought of Thee

One of my favorite Hymns in the LDS Hymn Book was written by a Frenchman in the middle of the dark ages. Born in the year 1091, Bernard of Clairvaux lived more than a thousand years after the great apostasy, which resulted in the removal of the priesthood from the...
Strength Beyond My Own

Strength Beyond My Own

Think about the greatest challenge of your life.   At one point, for me, that time was my mission. It consisted of trying my hardest every day with no success, enduring loneliness, learning a foreign language, frequently coming up short, studying every moment...
What Do Mormons Believe About God?

What Do Mormons Believe About God?

What do members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe about God? This is a huge question. While it may have a simple answer, its implications are far-reaching. If we truly know God, who He is and what His role is in our lives, we can understand...
Faith

Faith

There we were sitting in Sunday school, talking about faith. Our teacher asked us each to think of someone in the scriptures who had shown incredible faith. Noah, Moses, and the Mormon Pioneers were all mentioned. As I sat there, I was caught by a wave of emotion...
See Me

See Me

Do you see me? Even as I stand before you, are you really seeing me? My struggles, my strengths, my imperfections, my beautiful triumphs, everything that adds up to my wonderfully flawed and fabulous self?   Can you see into the depths of my eyes to see the pain...
The Growing Season

The Growing Season

It’s the growing season and I’ve just planted my seeds in our garden. What a thrill to watch something so small grow into something so miraculous and productive.   It’s also a week before my kids are out of school for the summer. I take a deep breath and feel a...
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