* Discovering What We’re Supposed to Do

From Jerry Sittser and his book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life’: I did not intend to become a writer. I did not even want to be a writer. The very idea made me feel as insecure as a stage actor with a bad memory. How I fell into writing—and it was...

Atonement 1

From Adam S. Miller and his book ‘Original Grace:’ If we grant that justice doesn’t require suffering as punishment, then what is the purpose of Christ’s atonement? As President Russell M. Nelson reminds us, Christ’s atonement is...

* God’s Greater Purpose

From Jerry Sittser and his book “The Will of God as a Way of Life”: . . . . we should consider God’s greater purpose and meditate on his glorious redemptive plan. Two spiritual masters, Ignatius of Loyola and Francis de Sales, have written a great...

To Draw Closer to God II

Continuing from Henry B. Eyring: To Draw Closer To God: Clearly, my problem and your problem is to hear the word of God from and through imperfect teachers and leaders. That is your test and mine. And it is our opportunity, All of us—today, next week, and for...

* Yearning Prayer

From Truman G. Madsen. . . . They say it in one way or another, those who really know about prayer: Only yearning prayer gets through. But there are three kinds of yearning. We yearn when we mean what we say. But is that enough when we are asking the impossible, or...

* Taking Time for Prayer

Patricia T. Holland wrote: Often when I face difficulties, I need to turn off the phone, lock the door, kneel in earnest prayer, and then curl up in a chair and meditate, contemplate, search the scriptures and cry out again and again in my heart, completely focusing...

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