Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
“The beginning of the end…” That phrase has been used for the title of a book, a poem, a movie, a song, and I imagine in a number of other ways by many people. So I guess...
Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
When I was a kid, going to the store with my mom was probably the most boring experience of my life. Nothing was more frustrating than being forced to stroll down every aisle while on my best...
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
“Who told you that you were naked?” What a question; can you imagine the lack of self awareness? It sounds like it might be an excerpt from the Hans Christian Andersen folktale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” but...
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
The Jesus story is alive. It has a beginning, a middle which we are in right now, and an end somewhere down the line. In my faith tradition, the way we worship, including the texts we read...
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
Not so long ago, Spencer W. Kimball, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, admonished members of the Church to keep a personal journal. He used scriptural writings of Nephi, a prophet in...
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
There are many things we could speak of regarding God; many of them beyond our full comprehension. For example, God is eternal, and even though that statement has been said countless times, the full reality of God...
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
If you could go back in time and press the pause button on a specific moment, what would it be? When I ask myself this question, I can think of several moments that I would love to...
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
The word perfection, it seems to me, is thrown around a lot in our culture, perhaps a little too much. It is the elusive goal that may contribute to everything from drug addiction to mental instability and...
Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
Prayer. Everyone prays. Even the most strident atheists have been known to utter an occasional “O God!” Prayer seems to come naturally to some people, but my experience and my Bible tells me it is a learned...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
My Old Testament experience started on a long, slow, and sometimes rocky road. As I grew up, delivering favorite Bible stories proved an easy-out for Jr. Sunday School and Primary talks. I remember getting a few chuckles...