Self Development
The Trouble With Competition: When Winning Is Losing
Posted On March 22, 2019

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 …

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Big Acts In A Small World
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Lehi’s Life Summary
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Self Development
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
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JESUS WARS—THEN AND NOW
March 4, 2019

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Self Development
Surrendering Our Way to Power
February 28, 2019

A central message of scripture is to submit ourselves to God (James 4:7, Mosiah 3:19, Alma 7:23; 13:28, Ether 12:27). When we empty ourselves of ourselves—our agendas, preferences, peeves, demands, …