As a member of the HP Group Leadership, I accepted an assignment to work with ward leaders to identify individuals on the ward roster who nobody seems to know – the “Lost Sheep” – so that we can reach out to them. What I thought would be a quick problem to solve turned into […]
In my previous post about certainty, I wrote that the feeling of being certain, of having the right answer, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have that right answer–that feeling certain is an emotion, one which can get in the way of humility and learning.
It’s natural to ask how this squares with having a testimony of […]
So, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we know that we know things. Not how we prove them, but how we internalize that knowledge, how we accept that something’s correct.
It seems to me that certainty is an emotion, that we “feel” certain about something the same way we might feel anger, or joy, or […]
Sister Womack walked to the front of the chapel. Earl Johnson knew what was coming. Her talk would include a few old stories from her life that were unremarkable and only loosely related to the topic. It didn’t take very long to confirm that his prediction was true. Earl leaned back in the pew and […]
The recent selection of Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee and the subsequent revelation that her daughter, Bristol, is pregnant shows how deceptive Satan is and how he is trying to destroy the traditional family. Following the principles of Good, Better, and Best taught by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, I would argue […]
Sing this to the tune of “Family History, I am Doing It” –
Family history, you can do-oo it,
Your family history.
Cuz Ardis, on her blog, Keepapitchinin, has made it
Easy as can be!
She’s giving lessons there, teaching basic tips,
Read lesson one, two, and three.
She’s an expert and she’ll help you
Start your family history!
Seriously, getting this kind of […]
I would like to draw attention to an important article on the Divine Institution of Marriage here.
[Like a voice from the dust, as one having a familiar spirit, Blogger of Jared co-founder Ryan Moore favors us with another post]
So despite my departure from Blogger of Jared quite some time ago, I still cruise the ‘nacle occasionally. I even throw out a comment every once in a while. The main reason for […]
I am giving a talk in Sacrament meeting on Sunday. I thought I might spit out a post as part of the preparation. The talk is to be based on Elder Hollands talk in General Conference called ‘My Words Never Cease’
There are people out there who are saying that Mormons are not Christians. This is […]
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Commander in Europe during World War II and later the U.S. President, endured difficult challenges early in his life. However, these challenges turned into blessings for him and indeed for all humanity. His life reminds me of the promise given to the Jacob by his father Lehi. He […]
