Coming Together to Be (Un)comfortable

Continued from Coming Together to be Uncomfortable? Are we open to other kinds of “leaven” in the loaf? One Sunday, while serving as Primary president, Carrie was not at her best at church: “I dropped important balls, put my foot in my mouth, and was...

* Coming Together to Be (Un)comfortable?

From the book ‘The Power of Stillness;’ “It’s common for us to talk about the aim of Church gatherings to be uplifting, comforting, and consoling our spirits. Although these are things we understandably want, what happens when the opposite...

The Divinity of Our Savior

President Ezra Taft Benson taught: “Much of the Christian world today rejects the divinity of the Savior. They question His miraculous birth, His perfect life, and the reality of His glorious resurrection. The Book of Mormon teaches in plain and unmistakable...

* When we speak of faith. . .

Russell M. Nelson said:  “When we speak of faith—the faith that can move mountains—we are not speaking in general but of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can be bolstered as we learn about Him and live our religion. The...

Captained by Christ

Ezra Taft Benson wrote: “When you choose to follow Christ, you choose to be changed. . . . The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of the people, and then...

Reach Up

From his book “Teachings of Russell M. Nelson”: “Do you remember the biblical story of the woman who suffered for twelve years with a debilitating problem? (see Luke 8:43-44). She exercised great faith in the Savior, exclaiming, “If I may touch...

* a willing learner

Boyd K. Packer wrote: It is important to be a willing learner: The other day I received a letter of apology, as I have on many occasions. It came from someone I do not know. This letter told how resentful and angry that member had been for a long period of time toward...

‘Prayers of Faith’

President Henry B. Eyring, Second Counselor in the First Presidency said in April 2020 general conference: . . . .”I found references in my reading to the priesthood of God and the opening of dispensations. I was humbled as I realized that my preparation for...

* Thoughts Are (Just) Thoughts

From the book “The Power of Stillness”. . . . It is a human tendency to relate to whatever thoughts or tendencies come to our mind as automatic reality—even more so to feelings that arise within. And no surprise! The landscape of our inner experience...

The Great Plan

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency said in Sunday morning session of April 2020 general conference regarding: “The Plan” All of this is part of a divine plan whose purpose is to enable the children of God to be exalted and become like Him....

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