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Dr. Wally Goddard

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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 Natural Parent is an Enemy to God


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If it is true that “the natural man is an enemy to God,” (Mosiah 3:19), then maybe it is also true that the natural parent, that parent unrefined by the Spirit of God, is an enemy to both God and … Read more

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The Economic Principle and Parenting Programs

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There is a general law that you get what you pay for. It seems that cheap chips are less flavorful. The price of an inexpensive car is multiplied by the costs of repairs. A discount wig may look like road … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on January 30, 2008Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on The Economic Principle and Parenting Programs

The Natural Leader is an Enemy to God


It is hard to imagine Jesus nagging the apostles: “You guys need to get out there and spread the word. My ministry is half over and we haven’t reached our goals. I don’t know what I’m going to do with … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on January 30, 2008Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on The Natural Leader is an Enemy to God

The Great Presumption


A bright, sensitive young man told me about his recent battle with his brother. Harsh words and threats were traded. The young man told me, “If he apologizes sincerely, I will forgive him. But I rather like being estranged. It … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on January 30, 2008Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on The Great Presumption

Big Acts in a Small World


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Life in mortality is filled with petty complaints and surly jostling. In fact, mortality is designed to challenge the best in us. Our spirits yearn for peace yet face a tangle of annoyances, disappointments, and injustices. Our spirits are pained … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on January 30, 2008Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on Big Acts in a Small World

“Have ye any that are sick among you?”


Some time ago we were visiting a ward in a distant city. I do not remember the subject of the lesson in the high priest group that day. But I clearly remember a comment by a brother. He faulted some … Read more

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Misunderstanding the Messages


The great danger for humans is that we will walk by the light of our own understanding.

We wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and

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Abandoning Anger


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 necessity. From the beginning, it was not so.

Years ago when I was … Read more

Author H. Wallace GoddardPosted on January 30, 2008Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Abandoning Anger

The Trouble with Competition: When Winning is Losing


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I remember riding in the car years ago with my beloved Grandpa Wallace. I was only a boy at the time. My brother, Alan, and I sat in the front seat with him. Grandpa took a pocketful of coins and … Read more

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Are We Not All Beggars?

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The older I get—and the longer I live in the South—the more I admire King Benjamin.

“And now, for the sake of . . . retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless

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