* cross words

Boyd K Packer said: “Shortly before I was married I was assigned with an older companion to serve as home teacher to an aged little lady who was a shut-in. She was a semi-invalid, and often when we knocked on the door she would call us to come in. We would find...

help your daughters

Boyd K. Packer said: “Somehow, I have never been interested, as a father, in having our daughters reduce themselves to equality with men. It is against their natures. That would be to yield some heights that God intended that they should reach. There are some...

* Communication Is More Than Talking

From Bruce and Stan: When it comes to communication, there are two kinds of people in the world—those who love to hear others talk, and those who love to hear themselves talk (and we all know which kinds of people are more fun to be with). Good communication...

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...

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