by kdm | Dec 11, 2020 | Today's Post
In a Church Educational System fireside given in 2009, Elder David A. Bednar expressed a serious concern about a growing modern problem, one that probably never existed before the advent of high tech media or any of the other unprecedented forms of private personal...
by kdm | Dec 10, 2020 | Today's Post
Richard L. Evans wrote: There are times and moments in life when people seem to have arrived at what they want—when the plans and purposes they have pursued seem to have been successful. But this we learn, sooner or later: that life is not a single scene. It is...
by kdm | Dec 9, 2020 | Today's Post
From general conference talk of October 2020, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, said regarding ´Sustainable Societies´: Nevertheless, when secularization separates personal and civic virtue from a sense of accountability to God, it cuts the plant from its roots. Reliance...
by kdm | Dec 8, 2020 | Today's Post
From October 2020 general conference, Elder D. Todd Christofferson said: . . . The concept of sustainable development is an interesting and important one. Even more urgent, however, is the broader question of sustainable societies. What are the fundamentals that...
by kdm | Dec 7, 2020 | Today's Post
From the book ¨Amazed by Grace¨ by Sherri Dew: ¨At the heart of Becoming is doing what we promise to do every time we partake of the Sacrament which is to always remember the Lord.¨ This means remembering Him when we choose what media we’re willing to expose our...
by kdm | Dec 6, 2020 | Today's Post
Stephen E. Robinson wrote: When my son Michael was six or seven, he did something I thought was wrong. He is my only son and I wanted him to be better than I was. So when he slipped up, I sent him to his room with the instructions, “Don’t you dare come out until I...
by kdm | Dec 5, 2020 | Today's Post
M. Russell Ballard said: “Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. In appraising our present attitude, we might ask: Am I working to become my best self? Do I set worthy and attainable goals? Do I look toward the positive...
by kdm | Dec 4, 2020 | Today's Post
From Elder Henry B. Eyring’s book “To Draw Closer to God:” “We may be tempted to be too indirect in bearing of testimony. You do not have to speak loudly or long. But you must be clear. President Gordon B. Hinkley put that as plainly as it can be put. He said: “Teach...
by kdm | Dec 3, 2020 | Today's Post
Richard L. Evans wrote. . . “In some ways, time heals and softens the sharpness of many sorrows, but the sharpness of separation from loved ones can become acute at any time, as any moment may bring its own reminders of them—especially as the years...
by kdm | Dec 2, 2020 | Today's Post
From Robert L. Millet, his book, ′The Holy Spirit:′ “Unshaken faith in the work of the Lord. Isn’t that what each of us most desires in the midst of a world filled with snide cynicism and religious skepticism? Knowing the truth and knowing that you know, bring...