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Month: February 2019

Surrendering Our Way to Power

A central message of scripture is to submit ourselves to God (James 4:7, Mosiah 3:19, Alma 7:23; 13:28, Ether 12:27). When we empty ourselves of ourselves—our agendas, preferences, peeves, demands, expectations—God is able to take up occupancy in us. Filled … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 28, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on Surrendering Our Way to Power

Question: Strengths

A powerful idea from Martin Seligman’s excellent book, Authentic happiness: “Authentic happiness comes from identifying and cultivating your most fundamental strengths and using them every day in work, love, play, and parenting.”

Many of us fret endlessly about our mistakes, … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 26, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on Question: Strengths

A Few Ways To Assess Our Spiritual Progress

Years ago I read a talk by Truman Madsen in which he asked 20 questions to help us assess whether we are experiencing the Spirit in our lives. His questions included experiences such as feeling healed by the sacrament to … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 23, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on A Few Ways To Assess Our Spiritual Progress

Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other (Part 2)

In the previous post we described a common sibling squabble and two of the most popular methods parents use to stop the battling: parental intrusion and lecturing. Both methods have a serious problem, they fail to teach children how to
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Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 21, 2019Categories ParentingLeave a comment on Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other (Part 2)

Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other

Quarreling and bickering among siblings are painfully common in family life. While children are declared innocent because of the atonement (D&C 93:38), it is also true that “when they begin to grow up, sin conceiveth in their hearts” (Moses 6:55).… Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 20, 2019Categories ParentingLeave a comment on Teaching Our Children to Love and Serve Each Other

THIN PANCAKES AND HARDENED CATEGORIES

“Only by pride cometh contention” (Proverbs 13:10).

Research is clear. We humans are not objective.  We gather data very selectively. We ignore or discard truths we don’t like. We see bias in others without seeing our own.  We judge those
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Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 18, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on THIN PANCAKES AND HARDENED CATEGORIES

The Problem With Divorce

Consider the stern warning provided to our times by the Lord Himself:

For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin. And whoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and is not of

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Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 16, 2019Categories MarriageLeave a comment on The Problem With Divorce

STUMBLING OVER TRUTH: GOVERNING OUR LIVES WITH GODLY RULES

By H. Wallace Goddard and Barbara Keil

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” -Winston Churchill

I have a good friend who often hesitates to make … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 15, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on STUMBLING OVER TRUTH: GOVERNING OUR LIVES WITH GODLY RULES

May God Our Gold Refine

We gingerly pick our way through life’s options trying to minimize our distress and maximize our enjoyment. We flinch at the prospect of an all-vegetable dinner. We contort ourselves to reach each nutrient-free dessert. It would seem that the winners … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 14, 2019Categories Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on May God Our Gold Refine

RECREATIONAL REPENTING OF OTHERS

I was walking along Canal Street in New Orleans with Bob, a friend, colleague, and a good Catholic man. He described his continuing challenge to be the man he wants to be. Often he falls short in one area or … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 12, 2019Categories Marriage, Parenting, Self DevelopmentLeave a comment on RECREATIONAL REPENTING OF OTHERS

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