Dr. Wally Goddard

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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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

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

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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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