Category: Uncategorized

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

… Read more

When I read my old missionary journal, I blush. I am sorely tempted to burn it. I am amazed how naïve I was! My fad diets were a nuisance to companions and the members who fed us. I was inconsiderate … Read more

If you’re like me, you have recently finished reading the Book of Mormon in response to the prophet’s invitation. I was sad as I finished. The experience was so enriching.

I know I can start reading the book over again. … Read more

For years I have mused about the significance of receiving “His image in [our] countenances” (Alma 5:14). This is a marker for being spiritually born of God and having a mighty change of heart. I would like to think that … Read more

The Book of Mormon contains some of the greatest insights into the Lord Jesus Christ and His Atonement found anywhere in sacred literature. It also teaches us about evil and its author. It seems that God wants us to be … Read more

Conversion might look quite different from the outside from what it feels like on the inside. The Book of Mormon blesses us with an extraordinary opportunity to study both an inside and outside view of the same conversion.

In Mosiah … Read more

I remember when I was a student at BYU. My fellow students and I enjoyed frequent and glorious sacrament meetings, firesides, and devotionals. Our youthful openness was met with heaven’s goodness―and we were blessed beyond measure!

I remember many times … Read more

Bertrand Russell made the terse observation that “few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.” We may vary in what we hate, but most of us have an enemy. It may be the government, … Read more

As we know, the Book of Mormon was written specifically with us in mind. So it is noteworthy that it has many passages about Satan. I suspect that God wants His latter-day children to understand their enemy. The Book of … Read more

Nancy and I recently watched the documentary Endurance, about British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 excursion to cross the Antarctic continent on foot. Only a day’s journey from his final destination, Shackleton’s ship, the HMS Endurance, was trapped in ice. … Read more