What percentage would you say your family manages to pay attention to General Conference? Actually, what percentage do they allow YOU to pay attention to General Conference? If you feel a desire to answer that question in single digits, even if it’s not REALLY that bad, then I can relate. …
1 Corinthians 8:9 – But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak Ok, you can, but if you’re a Mormon, maybe you shouldn’t. I’m definitely not trying to create a boycot, or anything. However, this morning in seminary, we really …
Irony is funny, right? Like little brothers that are a foot taller than the tallest sister. That’s Grouchy for you. Grouchy seems like a kind of funny name for him. After all, he hardly fits the role if casting for Smurfs – The Musical comes to town. Honestly, he has …
What is the next step to learning how to feast upon the words of Christ? Now that we have learned how to identify, we need to know how to understand doctrine and principles! The best description of what it means to understand the doctrine and principles I have find is …
I’ll admit, I used to call Perfection “The Needy Daughter”. Not that she was always in trouble or anything. It was just that for a while, she needed her Mom on a pretty regular basis. “MooOOOoooM” was a pretty common call through our house. Honestly, Hurricane is probably more needy, …
Doctrine and principles. We all know that they exist. That they’re in the scriptures. However, prior to my class on teaching seminary, I basically left that sort of thing up to someone else to work out. I thought, “Doctrine and principles are the stuff that made it into the manual.” …
How many times have you heard the phrase: “Feast upon the words of Christ”, and just wanted to hang your head in shame? I know I did. I read my scriptures, and I found insight here and there, but I hardly “feasted”. Feasting implies a certain degree of hunger and …
Sharing about this elusive whirlwind can be a little difficult, because you can’t get her to sit still long enough to get her opinion. Unless of course she’s asleep, which isn’t exactly helpful to the process. Our eldest daughter tends towards great flurries of activity. She whips into a room, …
When it comes to introducing the love of your life, it can be kind of a daunting task. Especially since she’s my proof-reader. But when it comes to making introductions, there are few people in the world I can spend more time talking about than my beloved wife. She’s the …
Don’t we all look like a rowdy bunch of pioneers? Well that’s because this picture is actually from when Lala and I went on “Trek”, a Pioneer-themed reenactment The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts on for their youth on a regular basis to help them learn about …
