Moving Forward with Hope during Unexpected Times
Natalie Smith a recently returned young missionary shared / was published in the February 2021 Liahona magazine: None of us could have expected the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s as if everything in the world was put on pause, and all for an...* The Crucible of Doubt II
Continuing from a previous post “The Crucible of Doubt.” Julian spent the next twenty years in voluntary seclusion, continuing to ponder and reflect upon the outpouring of light she had experienced in order to determine its full meaning. As she struggled to reconcile...Why Chastity V
(To start at the beginning of this series, see *Why Chastity, or see the previous post of this series, see Why Chastity IV). Neal A. Maxwell wrote: From the previous post: Our whole selfish society tends to travel light, pushing away from anyone who might be an...* The Crucible of Doubt
Terryl and Fiona Givens in their enlightening book, “The Crucible of doubt” wrote: We all inhabit geographical, linguistic, and social worlds that shape our vision and impressions of what is normal, what is real. Our world view is a collective view of assumptions we...Enduring to the End II
From the first post on this subject, Enduring to the End, Stephen E. Robinson, in his book “Following Christ” wrote . . . . I once knew a man who had to decide whether or not to pay his tithing every time his paycheck came, whether or not to go to his meetings every...* The Meaning of Sin
Timothy Keller in his book “The Reason for God” shared: The famous Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote a fascinating little book called The Sickness to Death in 1849. In it he defined “sin” in a way that is rooted in the Bible but is also accessible to...Enduring to the End
From his book, Following Christ, Stephen E. Robinson taught: . . . .Usually the scriptures link enduring to the end specifically with remaining faithful to our Christian covenants and to the covenant community, which is the Church. For example Doctrine and Covenants...* Keeping Perspective
From Jerry Sittser’s book “The Will of God as a Way of Life” We should keep perspective. Lynda wrote in her last letter just before she died. The recipients of that letter, friends living in the Midwest, mailed a photocopy of the letter back to me. Her concluding line...Guilt for Innocence
Stephen E. Robinson wrote: Since I, on occasion have given into my temptations and Jesus never did, since I am guilty and he never was, how can he understand the sinner? How can the Savior claim to be fully human and to understand humans if he has never experienced...
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I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.