by kdm | Jan 12, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Family, Learning?, Nurture, Revelation, spiritual workout, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from a previous post, T.H. Bell writes: *Keys to Attaining Excellence, There are certain universal laws that surround all of us in our lives. If we break those laws, we must pay a price. When we meet the terms of the laws of the universe, we find the joy of...
by kdm | Jan 9, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From the book, “The Power of Stillness” (multiple authors—Jacob Z. Hess, Carrie L. Skarda, Kyle D. Mansfield, Ty R. Mansfield: It’s really hard, dare we say impossible, to have life experiences go through us and not have them affect how we see...
by kdm | Jan 4, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased) wrote: In recent years, running has become popular throughout the world. Many run primarily for exercise. But others run to condition themselves for well publicized grades of various distances....
by kdm | Jan 2, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Christ Ministry, Learning?, Today's Post
From Timothy Keller’s book “The Reason for God”: C. S. Lewis was a world-class literary critic. When reading the gospels, he noted: “I have been reading poems, romances, vision literature, legends and myths all my life. I know what they are...
by kdm | Jan 1, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritual workout
“If we start right it is easier to go right all of the time; but if we start wrong, it’s hard to get the matter right. ~ Joseph Smith The Atonement of Christ is the most basic and fundamental doctrine of the gospel, and it’s the least understood of...
by kdm | Dec 31, 2024 | #character, #discipline, agency, choices, Family, For times of trouble, Learning?, Modern Prophets, Nurture, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
Continuing from Excellence in Education (part 1), Elder Henry B. Eyring writes: You have known students whose academic records have improved sharply on their return from a mission. Part of that change is a new confidence, born of experience, that they can learn. But...