by kdm | Aug 23, 2022 | Today's Post
Richard L. Evans wrote: There are no two people, however close and compatible, but who could find some occasions of misunderstanding and some causes of annoyance with each other—especially if they become careless and inconsiderate. In marriage many things may...
by kdm | Aug 22, 2022 | Today's Post
Divine Love in the Father’s Plan By President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church said: The purpose of the doctrine and policies of this restored Church is to prepare God’s children for salvation in the celestial kingdom and for...
by kdm | Aug 21, 2022 | Today's Post
J. Reuben Clark Jr. wrote of Jesus Christ: Forth from the infinite glory and power of the throne of God to be born to mortality in the manger-cradle in Bethlehem, came [our Lord] thenceforth to be called the son of Mary, Son of man, Son of God, Jesus the Christ, the...
by kdm | Aug 20, 2022 | Today's Post
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: . . . . it wasn’t only the Apostles who took Jesus’ words to heart. Members of the early Church, from the newest to the most seasoned, took part in the Savior’s great...
by kdm | Aug 19, 2022 | Today's Post
Following Jerry Sittser, continuing from a previous post from * The Problem with Careers: I have witnessed this tragedy first hand in college teaching. A bright student wants to become a college professor and scholar as a way to reach generation Z, “the lost...
by kdm | Aug 18, 2022 | Today's Post
Elder Randy D. Funk of the Seventy said in the Sunday afternoon session of April 2022 general conference: . . . . As one of the missionaries in that humble, faith-filled home 49 years ago, I have witnessed in them what King Benjamin taught in the Book of Mormon: “I...
by kdm | Aug 17, 2022 | Today's Post
Following Jerry Sittser, a previous post of July 19, 2020 titled *The Will of God: . . . . a calling is not the same thing as a career, though the two are related. A career involves some kind of socially useful work. It usually requires specific education or training,...
by kdm | Aug 16, 2022 | Today's Post
From the June 2022 Liahona magazine, an article by Jason Whiting, PhD, Brigham Young University . . . School of Family Life: Dan (name has been changed) was seeing me for professional counseling. “I try to live the commandments,” he said, “but I am constantly tempted...
by kdm | Aug 14, 2022 | Today's Post
Elder Jörg Klebingat of the Seventy said in the Sunday afternoon session of April 2022 general conference: Moral agency is God’s precious gift to each of His children.1 We are “free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to...
by kdm | Aug 13, 2022 | Today's Post
Max Lucado from his book ‘Cure for the Common Life’ wrote: Jesus . . . made Himself of no reputation . . . He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:5, 7-8 My teenage acquaintances included a...