* Watch With Me

From the book ‘The Power of Stillness:’ There’s a Hebrew phrase, tikkun olam, that means “healing the world” or “repairing the world,” which in Judaism suggests an idea of humanity’s shared responsibility to heal, repair...

* Tolerance Without Compromise

From the book ‘Thoughts for one hundred days’ Richard L. Evans taught: Some time ago someone coined the phrase “tolerance without compromise,” which would seem to deserve further comment.To be tolerant of others it is not necessary to partake...

The Threat to Our Eternal Identity

From the book, ‘Protecting Against Eternal Identity Theft,’ we read: Satan and his minions, all of whom have eternally rejected their divine identity, are ruthlessly bent on keeping us from understanding and realizing ours. Why are we vulnerable to these...

For the Power is in Them

Continuing from yesterdays post “Musings” Neal A. Maxwell wrote: “It is true—as critics have suggested—that the young will assail adults on precisely those issues or problems with which adults have had the least success or about which...

Musings

Neal A. Maxwell wrote: . . . . In the din of youthful dissent—so much of which is tragically violent, crazed, and irrational—we who are older would do well to ponder some of the responsible concerns voiced by at least the thinking, responsible and rational...

* Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.  (Psalm 61:2) When the floods of trouble swirl around us, our most obvious need is to find a sure, safe place on higher ground. That is what the...

* These are Trying Times. . .

Larry W. Tippets shares from his book, “Receiving Personal Revelation,” These are trying times. As Jesus prophesied, even the elect may be deceived by many alternate voices whispering (and shouting) in these latter days (see Matthew 24:24). Many who grew...

. . . genuine peace?

From Elder Neal A. Maxwell. . . If . . . a person samples the Ten Commandments, he will forced to conclude that we can scarcely expect genuine and widespread peace to prevail if people engage in stealing whether land or goods. How much security can there be if people...

* The Choice to Go On

I apologize this should have preceded yesterdays post. . . Jerry Sittser, a pastor and author of “The Will of God as a Way of Life” shares some deeply personal thoughts from his life, and then with the above title continues . . . . Closing his chapter 8,...

* The Choice to Go On . . . . Redeeming the Past

Jerry Stttser wrote: God will redeem the past if we let him. He will redeem it by using even our worst choices and experiences to do something good. I have seen students who performed poorly in school, out of pure laziness, become excellent teachers because their own...

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