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...