Tuesday night was our monthly Inklings discussion; ladies in my neighborhood gathered to study general conference talks. We range in age...

"Take My Hand," Greg Olsen If you go into a Deseret Book store, and look for the book Like Him, and turn to page 49, you'll find this...

Let’s hear it - three cheers for difficult! Crickets. Humanity is not, as a rule, a fan of difficult - the thing that distinguishes this...

You know what takes a lot of practice? Like - a lifetime - and from the looks of mine, longer than that? Charity, that's what. ...

President Russell M. Nelson taught in General Conference last month: "Charity and virtue open the way to having confidence before God!...

I find myself awaking on Easter morning with the image of this painting in my mind. It was painted by a man who has become a dear...

Did you know there were two plans? I mean two real plans - not the counterfeit plan of the destroyer - no, no. I'm talking about two...

I was privileged to speak to the youth of our stake and testify of the prophetic restorative mission of Joseph Smith. I have never had a...

I've posted several book reviews on this blog, and will continue to use this space for writing about books which have mattered to me....

Come Follow Me (Ether, Part 2) Ether chapter 12 recounts another face-to-face conversation between an ordinary mortal - Moroni - and the...

Come Follow Me (Ether, Part 1) Generally speaking, I'm not a huge fan of much of the Book of Ether. It's like a flip-book version of the...

Come Follow Me (4 Nephi) The idea of a perfect society has eluded humanity since our first parents left the original Garden. The Fall...

Come Follow Me (3 Nephi 20-26) I had one of those rare days this week when the 3D picture came into view, and I more fully understood...

Come Follow Me (3 Nephi 11-17) You learn a lot about someone by watching them. Listening to what they say is instructive, but what they...

Come Follow Me (Helaman 1-6) One of my very favorite scriptures - even when I'm not reading it - is Helaman 3:29-30. It explains the...

Come Follow Me (Alma 51 & 60) Those kingmen, though. They sure knew how to bury the lead story of their true motives when their cause...

Come Follow Me (Alma 43-52) The beginning war chapters of Alma rival any film about intrigue, treachery, patriotism and heroism you might...

Come Follow Me (Alma 39-42) I find myself quoting Mark Twain often with this characteristically pithy wisdom:  “Good judgment comes from...

Today the Primary children got to ask our bishop what his favorite parable was. He briefly told them why he likes the Good Samaritan....

Come Follow Me (Alma 32-35) The cancel culture seems terribly au courant because it hit so fast and almost feels like it came out of...