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Dr. Wally Goddard

Author: H. Wallace Goddard

Wally Goddard is a retired professor of Family Life having served in Arkansas and Alabama. He developed programs on personal well-being, marriage, and parenting. He is well known for his many creative family programs, including The Marriage Garden, The Parenting Journey, and Blueprint for Happiness. Wally has authored or co-authored several books including Between Parent and Child, The Soft-Spoken Parent, and Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. He has been recognized by his colleagues with several awards including the Outstanding Family Life Educator Award. Wally and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children, fourteen grandchildren, and have cared for many foster children over the years. Wally describes Nancy as the finest human being he has ever known.

The Key to Perfection

I should have known better than to tell Nancy that short-notice speaking invitations are a great opportunity for Heavenly Father to show His remarkable teaching ability. As I walked into Gospel Essentials class, I got my opportunity to test the … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 29, 2008Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on The Key to Perfection

Trusting in the Arm of Flesh

Some time ago I was invited into a meeting to evaluate a new time- and life-management product developed by a prominent management company. I listened to the lively discussion among a score of bright people for a couple of hours. … Read more

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Consecration Beckons

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And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift. (4 Nephi 1:3)

It seems that we always have the … Read more

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Latter-day Panic

Sometimes the latter days look very bleak. Crime and ugliness are rampant. Iniquity abounds and love has waxed cold, just as prophesied.

One marker for social decline is found in the public schools. A list contrasting the school problems 50 … Read more

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Pollyanna Was Right

Departure from reality is one of the standard markers for mental illness. On the other hand, mental health is based on a solid connection with reality. It makes sense.

But it’s not true. Research has demonstrated that the most realistic … Read more

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To Obey is Better Than Sacrifice

President Joseph F. Smith observed that “obedience is one of the first principles or laws of heaven” (Gospel Doctrine, p. 65) It is no wonder that Satan wants to pervert the principle of obedience so that we do not claim … Read more

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The Bold May Control Wall Street, But the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

I remember some years ago feeling bad for people who seemed to lack talents. People without social skills and conspicuous abilities appeared to be at a disadvantage in marriage, in the workplace, even in the Church. Maybe the meek shall … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 26, 2008Categories Uncategorized5 Comments on The Bold May Control Wall Street, But the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

On the Outside Looking In

In mortality we commonly feel on the outside of everything that is important. We feel like foreigners and second-class citizens. We are not alone. The same has been true since this world’s first inhabitant. That is apparently how Zacchaeus felt … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 26, 2008Categories Uncategorized8 Comments on On the Outside Looking In

Stuck in the Second Act of Truth’s Three-Act Play

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“Truth” is not as it seems.

If you were told that a certain son of vagabond, ne’er-do-well parents had organized a rag-tag group of friends into crusaders who went around challenging the respected ways and, having no visible means of … Read more

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The Accidental Architect

The First Division Monument in front of the Old Executive Office Building - Washington, D.C.

Imagine a house created by a tornado. It might have a fascinating combination of building materials including car parts, street signs, and tree branches together with soaked wallboard and fragments of PVC pipe. The host of materials might make the … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on February 26, 2008Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on The Accidental Architect

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