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Landing Our Souls - God Math
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...
Laureen Simper
Aug 28, 20245 min read


Take the Kingman Test! You Might be a Kingman if...
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...
Laureen Simper
Aug 26, 20244 min read


A Tale of Two Leaders
Come Follow Me (Alma 43-52) The beginning war chapters of Alma rival any film about intrigue, treachery, patriotism and heroism you might...
Laureen Simper
Aug 20, 20244 min read


Heaven: Earth’s Original Factory Reset
Come Follow Me (Alma 39-42) I find myself quoting Mark Twain often with this characteristically pithy wisdom: “Good judgment comes from...
Laureen Simper
Aug 10, 20244 min read


Prison of Choices - and On Coming Late
Today the Primary children got to ask our bishop what his favorite parable was. He briefly told them why he likes the Good Samaritan....
Laureen Simper
Aug 4, 20244 min read


Political Correctness Book of Mormon Style
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...
Laureen Simper
Jul 30, 20244 min read


Faith: The Ultimate Plant Food
Come Follow Me (Alma 32-35) Once upon a time, there were two trees. One tree, if chosen, would be a problem. Make that ALL the problems....
Laureen Simper
Jul 25, 20243 min read


Careful What You Wish For
Come Follow Me (Alma 30-31) We've already talked about spotting the counterfeit doctrines of the world which compete with Jesus Christ...
Laureen Simper
Jul 18, 20243 min read


Expediency Versus Covenants
Come Follow Me (Alma 23-29) Alma chapter 24 makes me cry every time I read it. I'm in complete awe of the miraculous missionary efforts...
Laureen Simper
Jul 11, 20243 min read


The Good News of 'No Do Overs'
You've probably done it at least once in your life - ruefully considered a past event in your life, and thought, "If I could go back and...
Laureen Simper
Jul 6, 20244 min read


Predictable Madness
Come Follow Me (Alma 8-12) Alma's mission to Ammonihah makes for some thrilling reading; it runs the gamut of beauty and quite literally...
Laureen Simper
Jun 19, 20244 min read


The First American Founding - 92 B.C., Part 2: An Experiment in Liberty
Come Follow Me (Mosiah 29 - Alma 1-4) "It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country,...
Laureen Simper
Jun 5, 20243 min read


The First American Founding - 92 B.C., Part 1: Setting the Stage
Come Follow Me (Mosiah 29, Alma 1-4) Anyone reading this who knows me well won't be surprised to see this post coming. Chapter 29 of...
Laureen Simper
Jun 3, 20244 min read


Walking Each Other Home
This painting by Greg Olsen hangs in my front hall. There's more than the proverbial thousand words in this one for me - sermon upon...
Laureen Simper
May 26, 20244 min read


Road Map to Destruction
Come Follow Me (Mosiah 11-17) The Book of Mosiah has some of the most brilliant commentary about government in the entire Book of Mormon...
Laureen Simper
May 16, 20244 min read


You're Not the Boss of Me
We've got to talk about the most incredulous irony of the universe. All things were created by God. He is the King of the universe, and...
Laureen Simper
May 13, 20245 min read


After the Miracle
Come Follow Me (Mosiah 4-6) Conversion is a miracle - the biggest, really. I mean, think about it. The Red Sea? It had no choice but to...
Laureen Simper
Apr 29, 20245 min read


Would You Vote for This Man?
Come Follow Me (Mosiah 1-3) Mosiah 2:17 is almost iconic in its universal recognition and application: “And behold, I tell you these...
Laureen Simper
Apr 25, 20243 min read


Ten Virgins, Time Travel, and Trajectories
(Originally published in Millennial Instructor, Volume 3, 2018) The Savior gave His disciples the parable of the ten virgins at the end...
Laureen Simper
Mar 26, 20246 min read


Holy is the Goal
(From talk given in sacrament meeting March 10, 2024) God's plan for our salvation is absolutely yummy. The technical scriptural term is...
Laureen Simper
Mar 22, 20247 min read
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