It is cause for serious reflection that Latter-day Saints have been as gullible with respect to self-esteem as the world in general. It has been taught by well-meaning teachers in …

Who are your heroes? Who are the people you know who embody everything that is admirable and good? Who are the people who have most blessed your life with …

The fruits of the self-esteem movement may well be the fulfillment of prophecy Old Scratch must be especially proud of some victories. Getting the wicked to sin is nothing, of course, …

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9). There are a handful of doctrines …

I had the blessing of growing up with three remarkable grandparents. But one grandparent died when I was a baby. I yearned to know her. A Blessed Heritage I was named after …

“Why do you talk so much these days about the problems you and Dad used to have?” queried the teen daughter. Mom sighed. “Because it hurts so much to think about …

At a time when I was at a spiritual and professional crossroads, I desperately wanted counsel from my wise and compassionate dad. But he had died a year previous. I …

A father died. His young adult daughter missed him terribly. She thought about him regularly. Her sister chided her: “By missing Dad, grieving over him, and insisting on his attention to …

Humans have a tendency to categorize. When we confront a new person, we promptly (and often unconsciously) start a process of sorting that person into categories. Educated or not? Religious …