by Delisa Hargrove | Jun 10, 2018 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
My friend Barbie Dodson is the picture of sunshine. But if you truly got to know her, you’d discover that she consciously and intentionally decides to live that way. She shared some of her philosophy with me and I wanted to share it with others. ...
by Emlee Taylor | Jun 9, 2018 | Emlee Taylor: Missionary Mom
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...
by Julia G | Jun 8, 2018 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
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...
by Walter Penning | Jun 7, 2018 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
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...
by Katie P | Jun 6, 2018 | Frequently Asked Questions
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...
by Amy Carpenter | Jun 5, 2018 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
Choosing a favorite scripture is sort of like choosing a favorite star in the sky — or, if I’m being honest, a favorite topping on pizza (I love all food equally, okay?) — but if I was really hard-pressed, I’d have to say my favorite scriptural passage is...
by Patty Sampson | Jun 4, 2018 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
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...
by Delisa Hargrove | Jun 3, 2018 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
I planned everything around something I believed to be true. I posted a link to information of our beloved President Thomas S. Monson’s funeral on our ward Facebook page. In my mind, the funeral was Friday (so this Friday) at 10:00 AM MST, so 7:00 AM HST....
by Elizabeth Latey | Jun 2, 2018 | Elizabeth Latey- My Mormon Experience
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...
by Jenny A | Jun 1, 2018 | Home and Family
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...