* The Holiness of Everyday life — Work
From Joan B. MacDonald, her book ‘The Holiness of Everyday Life: Years ago, in a college biochemistry course, I learned something about myself. I learned how to learn. Before an exam, several students would gather to study together. While others struggled to...* Praying for Extra Help
From Bruce C. Hafen: A few years ago, a university student related to his elder’s quorum an event that he had experienced just after being ordained a deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood. He lived on a farm and his father had promised him that an expected new calf...The Spirit of Revelation III
Continuing from The Spirit of Revelation II Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: The closest I can come to describing my purpose is with a metaphor of swimming. When we are learning how to swim, almost all of us start out being terrified. We do...“The Spirit of Revelation II”
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, (see a previous post, ‘The Spirit of Revelation’) : Now continuing In the Doctrine and Covenants, we find a significant key to understanding the spiritual gift of revelation and the process by...* Teach Repentance, Teach it Again
From her book ‘Teaching to Build Faith and Faithfulness’, Kathy K. Clayton wrote: Mercifully, Heavenly Father included in His perfect plan of happiness the gift of agency, which allows us to taste the bitter in order to know the sweet. It also includes the...* “The Art of Living Long . . . “
From his book ‘The Man and the Message,’ Richard L. Evans taught: If we are blessed with long years of life, this brings us to old age, and with old age there comes concern for growing old gracefully as for growing old usefully—“The Art of...* The Bible on Freedom
Continuing from Jerry Sittser, the Will of God as a Way of Life” / Two Kinds of Freedom: (Previously) The will of God has to do with what we already know, not what we must figure out. It is contained in Jesus’ command that we seek first God’s kingdom...The Veil of Unbelief III
(Note from Kent. . . . From the related previous post a couple of paragraphs are now added by way of correction. Continuing from The Veil of Unbelief II: According to President Benson, all of our teachings should be circumscribed by the “great plan of the...A Harvest of Truth II
Continuing from Church Historian, Kate Holbrook ‘A Harvest of Truth’: Let me be clear. I don’t just study this Church, I live it. And I love it. I’ve raised my children in this Church as my own mother raised me. Aside from the many reasons I...
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