by Walter Penning | Aug 3, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
I like to think that we were all ecstatic about the Great Plan of Happiness. Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said “We shouted for joy when given the privilege of coming to this earth to receive a body and to move forward in God’s plan for...
by Walter Penning | Jul 27, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. -Matthew 25:36 All my life, I have read this scripture with the thought of visiting those behind prison walls, and it is certainly appropriate, good, and right....
by Walter Penning | Jun 15, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Many years ago, my wife and I purchased a video tape recorder. This was a brand new technology at the time, and the particular device we had chosen fit an entire VHS cassette and looked something like a news camera. Though it was massive when compared to the little,...
by Walter Penning | Apr 13, 2016 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
What’s in a name? I start with this simple question because the answer is both surprising and significant, and it may change your life. I remember a story told about President George Albert Smith: When President Smith was young, his deceased grandfather George A....
by Krystal Wilkerson | Apr 1, 2016 | Krystal Wilkerson: Latter-day Mom
Spring is upon us, which for everyone else means flowers blooming and gardening! For me, it means snow. As I sit here and write it is pouring down snow and has been for the past 2 hours. Whether it be raining or snowing or gardening or shoveling, spring also means one...