A Family of Ducks
From the book “fifty things that really matter to Latter-day Saints” It was a typical spring afternoon; I was driving the same school bus route I had driven all year. It was a warm day, and I was anxious to get my students home so I could put my feet up...The Ultimate Expression of Humility
From Gerald N. Lund: The condition of humility and meekness is closely connected to our ability to receive and recognize revelation. It is, of course, the opposite of pride. Often, when scriptures talk about “softening” of the heart, they refer to a...* Taking Time to Pray
From Vaughn J. Featherstone When I pray it is usually repetitive. Every time I kneel down I pray for my wife, children, and grandchildren by name. I always pray for our beloved prophet and the other Brethren. I always pray faithfully for all our missionaries, for...Peace be Unto Thy Soul III
Continuing from a previous post by Joseph L. Bishop PhD: (Peace be Unto Thy Soul II) “. . . she probably would have lived a year or more before she died. To me, a year sounded like a lifetime. What we could have done in that year! In their wisdom,...The Father Needed to Know. . .
From Neal A. Maxwell’s book “All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”:. . . . “The Father Needed to Know” By foreseeing, God can plan and His purposes can be fulfilled, but he does this in a way that does not in the least compromise...* Flexibility
From Jerry Sittser and his book “the will of God as a Way of Life”: We should try to be flexible because circumstances can often change suddenly and even irreversibly. There is nothing wrong with keeping a schedule and a to-do list, nor with learning to...Peace be Unto Thy Soul II
From a previous post (‘Peace by Unto Thy Soul’), Joseph L. Bishop PhD, continues regarding the premature passing of his wife: She had not entered into any second-guessing of the what-ifs of her life. She let all that go. Instead she was laser focused on...* Some Messianic Psalms
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble”: Perhaps the reason Jesus quoted Psalms more than any other book of the Old Testament is because He found His teachings, His mission, and His majesty recorded there in such a pronounced way. As...From “Peace be Unto Thy Soul”
Joseph L. Bishop from his book of the above title writes regarding the premature passing of his wife: . . . . In my grief, I did not know what to do. In short, I was one of the “afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted” (Isaiah 54:11). My past...
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.