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 [...]
I’m finally getting to a post I have been wanting to write since General Conference. There were many thoughts running through my head as I decompressed from the wonderful messages that we received, many threads that I saw in the counsel. One of those threads was missionary work.
While sitting in sacrament meeting today during which the sacrament was blessed and passed in its normally flawless fashion, I got to thinking about those times in my life when the sacrament portion of the meeting didn’t go as planned or was memorable for other reasons. From a cultural perspective, I thought it would [...]
I had not realized until I read the talk at lds.org that President Uchtdorf had entitled his talk ‘Faith of Our Father’ instead of ‘Faith of our Fathers’. The singular form of the word is important and central to his intended message.
The Deseret News and Mormon Times recently invited readers to name their favorite LDS fiction writer. I suspect the editors were a little overwhelmed with the response. They received 324 submissions with a total of 166 authors. The top three named authors were Orson Scott Card, Elder Gerald Lund, and Stephenie Meyer.
Favorite LDS fiction author [...]
With my limited experience and training in project management, I have been able to learn a few things about conflict resolution. This has been a significant benefit in helping me understand myself and others when it comes to conflict. One helpful source for sorting this out is the Thomas-Kilman survey which is a nice and [...]
“Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.”
-“The Family: A Proclamation to the Worldâ€
While we don’t need to see scientific proof to know a gospel principle is true, such evidence is instructive and can strengthen one’s [...]
President Gordon B. Hinckley, the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died yesterday. I would like to take a moment and remember some of his major accomplishments. Please feel free to add to whatever I miss.
 Public Relations: I feel that more than any other leader in the church, that Gordon B. [...]
I once read, and I do not remember where, that the Nephite coin system was the most efficient coin system possible. I think it might have been an old FARMS paper or something. I am a bit skeptical of such a claim, because proving something like that would be quite a mathematical feat. And once [...]
