by | Jan 6, 2009 | Finding Happiness
by Karen R. Trifiletti (This is Part I of a reproduction of a fireside presentation to Mormon Youth on October 21, 2001.) We lifted my eight-year old daughter, Talia and held her up over the retaining wall in the back yard where she glimpsed the world from a few feet...
by Ben | Oct 6, 2008 | Finding Happiness
It is reported that Brigham Young (1801-1877), the second president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as the Mormons, once said, “we should pray as if everything depended on the Lord, then work as if it all depended on...
by Moira T | Jul 25, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Adversity is the refiner’s fire that bends iron but tempers steel. (President James E. Faust, Ensign February 1988, “The Blessings of Adversity”) These past several weeks have been very challenging ones for our family. For awhile, it felt as if we came through one...
by Alison P | Jul 11, 2008 | Finding Happiness
I think that some of the best disciples of Christ I have ever seen haven’t really said a word to me about Jesus Christ. Well, maybe sometimes, but for the most part they testify of the love and goodness of God in a vastly different way. Most of the world calls these...
by Alison P | Jun 26, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Endure to the End. Does that sound familiar to you? How many times have you hear this, or a similar, statement? Did you roll your eyes or take it to heart the last time you heard it? What makes the difference in our perception of this process of “enduring”? Part of...
