Self Development


Self Development
Loving Our Neighbors as Ourselves
Posted On June 19, 2023

There are two primary interpretations of the ancient command to love our neighbors as ourselves. 1. We cannot love others until we love ourselves. When we love ourselves, we are more …

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Self Development
Your Customized Call to Compassion
May 22, 2023

H. Wallace Goddard Consider carefully the words of Joseph Smith: All the religious world is boasting of righteousness; it is the doctrine of …


Self Development
There is More than One Way to Fight Evil
May 10, 2023

By H. Wallace Goddard · May 8, 2023 God is subtle. For example, He often places powerful principles of family life right at the heart of scripture stories—but we rarely discern the profound …


Marriage  / Parenting  / Self Development
Why I Wrote a Book Combining Religion and Research with Relationships
April 25, 2023

When I began a PhD program in Family Life at Utah State University, Nancy and I were worried about the potentially corrosive effects of research on our testimonies. Would the …


Self Development
Lift Up Hands which Hang Down
April 13, 2023

By H. Wallace Goddard  I had only been the bishop of the ward for a few days when I got the call. I had never met the man. He had just been …


Self Development
Discovering Jesus’ Grace
March 27, 2023

I remember reading a story about an older woman who went to the grocery story almost every day and bought just a few items—about enough food for one person for …


Marriage  / Parenting  / Self Development
The Relationship Books that Change Everything
March 13, 2023

Recently, I shared some ideas from some of my favorite relationship books with a friend. He seemed quite amazed by the many, rich insights! He asked me to share my …


Self Development
 Latter-day Idolatry
February 3, 2023

In his stirring message, The False Gods We Worship, President Spencer W. Kimball suggested that many of us Latter-day Saints are guilty of idolatry. Idolatry! That seems like a harsh …


Self Development
Am I Enough? Learning from Mother Mary
January 18, 2023

There are reliable scriptural patterns that can teach us the right way to think about things. When Mary visited her cousin Elisabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist, “the babe …


Self Development
Stepping Out Of The Time Line
May 8, 2019

We mortals are so immersed in time that we rarely glimpse timelessness—or eternity. We see fantastic movies where people hopscotch from place to place in time but, in our “real” …