Table of Contents

Clueless

It’s in the Genes

Asparagus Side Effects

Two Out of Two Dozen

Tia

Going the Second Mile

What is Man?

The Liar

Justice Happens

A Man’s Job

Dispelling Darkness

The Relationships Between Wealth and Righteousness

Leonard Dewitt

Adversity

Farm Boys

Stain Remover

Living Room Conversations

Christmas 1998

The Spirit World

Mae Hyde’s Conversion

Joy

Gentile Weddings

Did You Try Praying?

Delayed Missionary Results

Funerals

A Light to the World

Specious Promises

Tender Mercies

The Botched Responsibility

To See Ourselves as Others See Us

The Book of Mormon

An Epistle to My Sons

Walking in the Light

Making Do Without the Men

The Parable of the Boaters

Lela Sayas Funeral Sermon

Misquotes and Mishaps

A Quiet Coup

(W)resting the Scriptures

The Brass Plates

Pitch Your Tent Toward the Temple

The Role of Women

What’s the Value of an Education?

Nephi Did Go Into the Mount Oft

Three Keys

Creation

The Parable of the Spider

Weeding the Garden

Beautiful Writings

The Other Witness

Strangers

Get the Spirit

Why Me?

Lost Manuscripts

Three Watchman Parables

James’ Formula for being a Good College Student

When Does Old Age Happen?

Calling Good Evil

The Holy Ghost, a Child, a Key

Quail

In the World But Not of It

The Eliezer Award

Faith to Move Mountains

A Patient’s Eye View of the Hospital

Biking in the Rain

The Psalm of James

You Get What You Desire

Testimonies of the Book of Mormon

Baptism

Peer Pressure—James’ Fables

A Woman and a Coin Purse—James’ Fables

Plan and Prepare

Life with Grandma

Allegory of the Olive Trees

The Upper Room

Strength Through Integrity

Missed Opportunities

Waste and Residue

Crashes

Shipwrecks

Jaredite Barges

Happiness vs. Just Enduring

Subsequent Vistas

Mishaps that Needed a Video

When I Was a Kid

Superlatives

Symphonies

How Did Mulek Get Here?

Hang On

Pruning the Vineyard

Handel and Messiah

Between the Lines—Samuel

Young Lions

Personality Defects

Alone (1)

Nephi’s Jerusalem

Angels All Around

Good Fruit

My Wallet

You Clean It Up

The Prince

A Peculiar People

Because of Their Mothers

Alone (2)

Parable of the Deer

Cinnamon Rolls

Building the Kerns Castle

Profundity or Prolixity

Nothing New Under the Sun

The Practical Joker

Parable of the Foolish Moose

Priesthood

Where I Want to Be

Why I Write

Ministering Angels

Technology

Parable of the Patched Pants

Parable of the White Shirts

Parable of the Worthless Coat

The Veil and the Ozone Layer

Lessons From Owls

Testimonies Through the Spirit

Parable of the Reluctant Worker

Priesthood Declaration

Perspectives and Perceptions

Priestcraft

Muddy Boots in the Temple

Muddy Boots in the Temple—Fable

The Power of the Holy Ghost

Enthusiastic and Valiant

The Mud Puddle and the Geyser

Parable of a Tomato

A Pearl Beyond Price

Astronomical Numbers

Things We Can Learn From Birds

The Case for Dandelions