January 2019


Self Development
SIMPLE BLESSINGS
Posted On January 31, 2019

Every once in a while I am amazed by some simple blessing in our lives. For example, it is amazing to me that we can jump into our cars and …

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Self Development
The Perils of Excellence
January 30, 2019

If we were to create a caricature of the typical American commencement address, it would entail Famous Person X coming to say to a group of distracted students: “Take this …


Marriage
When Being Right Isn’t Good Enough
January 29, 2019

Almost twenty years ago Nancy and I were planning the landscaping around our new house. A landscape architect had recommended a cluster of three fruit trees at the corner of …


Self Development
Abandoning Anger
January 26, 2019

by H. Wallace Goddard Under the banner of honesty, anger has been made into a virtue. Under the banner of psychological well-being, the expression of anger has been made into a …


Self Development
Why Doctrine Doesn’t Change Us
January 23, 2019

By Wallace Goddard · January 22, 2019 I love the insightful statement by Elder Boyd K. Packer: “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will …


Self Development
For the New Year: Renewal, not Resolutions
January 2, 2019

By Wallace Goddard · January 1, 2019 It is the time of year when our accumulated failures commonly move us to lofty resolutions. We plan to fellowship our neighbors, consume less than …