by kdm | Jan 11, 2025 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Choice, choices, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Nurture, spiritually strong, Temple, The Plan, Today's Post
From Dallin H. Oaks and his book, “With Full Purpose of Heart”: . . . . Many years ago a young Latter-day Saint enrolled at a Midwestern university and applied for a scholarship available only to Christians. Both the applicant and the university officials...
by kdm | Jan 10, 2025 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, choices, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Nurture, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From T. H. Bell: Keys to Attaining Excellence in Our Lives: In the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, this prestigious body defined excellence as “performing at the outer limits of one’s capacity.” We should find little...
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 6, 2025 | #character, #discipline, Atonement, Choice, Christ Ministry, Family, fear, For times of trouble, Modern Prophets, Revelation, spiritually strong, The Plan, Today's Post
From Jeffrey R. Holland and his book “For Times of Trouble”: Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offering of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. Sometimes we are forced to say the right things, as if righteousness could be coerced. In a court,...
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 | 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...