The Root of Christian Doctrine

The Root of Christian Doctrine by Thomas B. Griffith
From a Brigham Young University devotional address given on March 14, 2006.
President Gordon B. Hinckley has taught that we must do better at getting the gospel down into our own hearts and the hearts of those we love and serve. I believe that one way to [...]

What Matters Most

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints – What Matters Most
“I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. And what is most important almost always involves the people around us. [...]

Finding Joy in the Journey

Finding Joy in the Journey – President Thomas S. Monson
My dear brothers and sisters, I am humbled as I stand before you this morning. I ask for your faith and prayers in my behalf as I speak about those things which have been on my mind and which I have felt impressed to share with [...]

Prayer

Prayer is a necessity in our lives. We pray for health, charity, kindness, and faith, we pray for things to work out in our lives; but while praying do we ever pause and think about who we are praying to?
In the back of the Bible under prayer it reads “As soon as we learn the [...]

A Heavenly Challenge

In case you didn’t know I am now living down in Spanish Fork, UT with Joey and Beckee. I moved down here about a week ago and am trying to acclimate myself to the area. Although I miss Logan I know this was the right move and we shall see how it all pans out.
I [...]

The Candle of the Lord

Boyd K. Packer, “The Candle of the Lord,” Ensign, Jan 1983, 51
From a talk given at a seminar for new mission presidents, 25 June 1982.

I have chosen, after much thought, to speak as though your missionaries, your elders and sisters, were here in your place, and to present thoughts more [...]

Are you spiritually aware?

There has been a lot on my mind the last few days. A few of those things are dating, moving, friends, and relationships (meaning how we, as children of our Father, treat each other). The one that I would like to focus on stems from relationships.
There is a social experiment I like trying everywhere I [...]