* Road Trips
From Rebecca McCarrty and the book 50 things really matter. . . It’s another cross-country road trip. We leave Michigan at eight o’clock in the morning and finally reach Chicago. There’s not much to look forward to for the next twenty-three hours...Friendship
From her book “The Holiness of Everyday Life”, Joan A.MacDonald shares: When all is done, a person of related mind, a brother or sister by nature, comes softly and easily, so nearly and intimately, as if it were the blood in our proper veins, that we feel...* After Repentance, Good Works is Necessary
From D. Kelly Ogden’s book “Before You Get to Heaven” One day I sat at my computer working on a paper. By late afternoon I must have typed twelve to fourteen pages of original thinking. Then, after the full day’s work, tired and ready to close...What We Really Are—Yearn For
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: The Lord reminded us that our prayers will be granted if our lives are righteous and if we ask in faith for that which is expedient. (Doctrine & Covenants 88:64-65,78.) He attached the same condition to his visit to the Nephites when he said...* The Value of the Veil
From Bruce C. Hafen and his book ‘Faith is Not Blind’: Some people who wonder if they are losing their religious faith say that they are not only losing confidence in Joseph and the Restoration, but that why are losing confidence in the very existence if...* What is an Open Heart?
From her book “A Heart Like His” Virginia H. Pearce writes: And their hearts were opened and they did understand. 3 Nephi 19:33 From her book “A Heart Like His” Virginia H. Pearce writes: And their hearts were opened and they did understand. 3...* Obeying God by Doing Less II / ‘Wrestling the Kids’
Continuing from “Obeying God by Doing Less”, from the book “The Power of Stillness”: While the idea of the Sabbath as a retreat may sound inspiring, as anyone with children knows, there are sometimes special ninja moves required just to get...* Obeying God By Doing Less
From the book “The Power of Stillness” Brigham Young once taught, “This is the counsel I have for the Latter-day Saints this day. Stop, do not be in a hurry.”1 Easier said than done, right? Maybe, like other things this non-hurried-living will...Prayer and Growth
Neal A. Maxwell wrote: One can pray and yet not really pray. Prayers can be routinized and made very superficial. When this happens there is very little communication and very little growth. Yet given the times in which we live, improving our prayers should be one of...
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.