Prepare Yourself Through Prayer
From the book ‘Searching the scriptures’, Gene R. Cook taught: Once when we were having family scripture study, one of the children asked, “Why do we have to pray when we’re reading the scriptures, Dad: Why can’t we just read?” We...* Attaining Excellence II
Continuing from a previous post, T.H. Bell writes: *Keys to Attaining Excellence, There are certain universal laws that surround all of us in our lives. If we break those laws, we must pay a price. When we meet the terms of the laws of the universe, we find the joy of...Unsure??
From Dallin H. Oaks and his book, “With Full Purpose of Heart”: . . . . Many years ago a young Latter-day Saint enrolled at a Midwestern university and applied for a scholarship available only to Christians. Both the applicant and the university officials...* Attaining Excellence
From T. H. Bell: Keys to Attaining Excellence in Our Lives: In the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, this prestigious body defined excellence as “performing at the outer limits of one’s capacity.” We should find little...* Waiting for a Quiet Settling
From the book, “The Power of Stillness” (multiple authors—Jacob Z. Hess, Carrie L. Skarda, Kyle D. Mansfield, Ty R. Mansfield: It’s really hard, dare we say impossible, to have life experiences go through us and not have them affect how we see...Help Thou Mine Unbelief
From Elder David A. Bednar and his book “One by One”: . . . . I suspect some individuals may be thinking to themselves at this point—surely the President of the Church, General Authorities, and General Relief Society President. and people called to...He Will give You Rest
From the book “He Will Give You Rest. . . (from Chapter 1:) Invitation and a Promise: One scholar observes that Matthew 11:25-30 records “perhaps one or the most important verses in the Synoptic Gospels,”1 More specifically, Elder James E. Talmage...* ‘Judgment’
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble”: Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. Sometimes we are forced to say the right things, as if righteousness could be coerced. In a court,...* C. S. Lewis
From the book “The Man and the Message”,: These are doctrinal insights from multiple Latter-day Saint theologians and authors: . . . . C. S. Lewis is a thinking man’s theologian, a writer whose views are crisp and sharp and challenging; his...
Hi I’m Kent
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.