Posts by JamesEKerns
Charity
One of my favorite examples of (charity) is the subject of a forthcoming Hollywood movie called The Little Red Wagon.
Read MoreBelle S. Spafford
Sister Spafford was great because she was obedient. Let me illustrate.
Read MoreI Have to Get Out
On the night of January 30, 1945, Latter-day Saints Margarete Hellwig and her daughter Gudrun fought their way through the crowds that thronged the piers of the Baltic Sea port and secured passage on the Wilhelm Gustloff.
Read MoreTwo Amazing Prophecies
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming.
Read MoreFrom England to Utah in Three Days
On May 17, 1884, the Logan Temple was dedicated.
Read MoreRecommend For A Dollar
President (John) Taylor was standing by the east pulpit on the morning of (the Logan Temple) dedication, watching the hundreds of people filing into the assembly hall through the four doorways in the corners of the building
Read MoreThe Nephite Warriors
Brother Samuel Roskelley, recorder of the temple, relates that in early days the United States marshals
Read MoreA Baptism Manifestation
Probably one of the mightiest preachers the Mormon Church ever had was Apostle Melvin J. Ballard.
Read MorePreaching to The Dead
President Marriner W. Merrill, the first president of Logan Temple, was a very spiritual man and took good care of affairs at the temple.
Read MoreAn Interesting Visitor
President (Marriner Wood) Merrill was sitting in his office one morning (in the Logan Temple) in the early 1890’s when he heard a commotion outside. Stepping to the window
Read MoreChristmas Day in The Morning
He woke suddenly and completely. It was four o’clock, the hour at which his father had always called him to get up and help with the milking
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #5
There is an incident in which President Lorenzo Snow raised a young girl from the dead
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #4
The Logan Temple is sacred to our family, for there my wife and I were married
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #3
“We experienced a special day in our family on January 4, 1997.
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #2
“I would like to include an incident that happened one night in 1966 to Helen Nebeker Zaugg, a daughter of Joseph Wiley Nebeker. At that time,
Read MoreVisits From The Other Side, #1
Excerpt from a letter written by Paul Hunt, Buhl, Idaho to Orlan Van Leuven, Emmett, Idaho 19 June 1933:
Read MoreThe Fire
During (the) busy summer of 1871, a Portland minister called at Mr. Condon’s home accompanied by a representative of one of the great eastern colleges who wished to purchase the Geological Cabinet;
Read MoreSacagawea Finds Her Brothers
“Shortly thereafter, Clark arrived, accompanied by Charbonneau and Sacagawea. Cameahwait gave Clark the national hug and festooned his hair with shells.
Read MoreGeared to The Tread of Oxen-II
You have asked me to write the story of that branch of the McCornack family which came west in pioneer days and include some personal reminiscences, either first or second hand.
Read MoreGeared to The Tread of Oxen-I
“It seemed unlikely that one nation could govern an entire continent. The distances were just too great. A critical fact in the world of 1801
Read MoreThe Book of Kings
No race of kings has ever presented above one man of common sense in twenty generations.
Read MoreBalancing The Budget
Let’s play a little game: Let’s pretend that you readers are our elected federal leaders and you wish to do something about the deficit.
Read MoreAn Effective Solvent
Alcohol is a product of amazing versatility.
Read MoreAn Impudent Missionary
President (Boyd K.) Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve, recalled a time years ago when he met a young, disrespectful missionary.
Read MorePinned To The Ground
Marriner Wood Merrill was working alone in North Mill Creek Canyon east of Salt Lake City in January 1856 hauling five large logs for houses.
Read MoreMore Than Names
The page was faded and yellowed, and jagged, uneven holes punctuated the spidery script.
Read MoreDo We Really Know What We Have?
We had an unexpected moment in the mission field. We knocked on a door and a lady said something to us we had never heard.
Read MoreWhat’s Your Hurry?
One day in the mountains I came upon a sweet birch sapling apparently growing on a solid rock with only one slight depression, which had collected leaves that had turned to mold.
Read MoreMoved by Compassion
Brother Thamas, a thin elderly man, sat by himself, often some distance from the other members who gathered to greet each other at the beginning of our Sunday meetings. His was a small figure, humble in appearance
Read MoreTable of Contents
Cover of “In a Grove of Aspens”
Read MoreMy Favorite Stories
Cover of “Poems”
Read MoreRepentance
Repentance is the key, a gift, the way, and an opportunity.
Repentance Repentance
A gift, an opportunity, A matchless gift,
The key, and the way. The way back to God,
The ultimate opportunity
Irrepressibility
“Hello, Marian, how are you today?”
“I’m simply wonderful!”
“Really? But your husband just died!”
Father to Thee I Now Give
Father, to Thee I now give
My life—help me to live,
As Thou would have me to be,
The Tree of Life
To be sung to the tune of, “O Thou in Whose Presence”
Behold, in the field how the tree gives its light, (1 Ne. 8:9-10)
And bears fruit in every month; (Rev. 22:2)
The beauty thereof is a joy to the sight, (1 Ne. 11:8)
Unfinished Poem Unfinished Life
I had a thought on this gray morn,
A thought that gives me pause;
A lot has changed since I was born,
Happy Birthday, Marjorie
I was hoping you’d get up today,
I’m glad you’re still alive;
After all, it isn’t every day
A Creed For Life
“Do not ask for that which you ought not.” (D&C 8:10)
You ought not seek what should not be sought. (Jacob 4:14)
You ought not think what should not be thought. (Mosiah 4:30)
Emerging Into Light
Hands outstretched in front of me,
Not a glimmer can I see;
Carefully groping through the dark,
Irony
Incongruities, I see,
Are what give us irony.
Results that were expected,
Differ from those exacted.
Redemption
Without money,
Without price,
Free.
Happiness
Forty years is a drop in the bucket of eternity.
It’s nothing at all in the cosmos,
or placed next to God’s plan.
O Home Beloved
O home beloved wher-e’er I wander,
On foreign land or distant sea,
As time rolls by, my heart grows fonder
And yearns more lovingly for thee!
Why Me?
For over fourteen hundred years
There wasn’t a soul on earth Baptism
Who could be freed of fears and tears
She’s Earned The Right To Die Here
She walks with slow and measured tread,
Her joints are worn and cause her dread;
She is the last leaf on the branch
Ordinance Workers
A close community of Saints,
Unlike another anywhere,
Where enmity and sin don’t taint
The purity of feeling there.
President Monson: Joy in The Journey
Eighty years in the preparation
Brought changes that were incremental;
But looking back in retrospection
The Last One Standing
“Try to be the last one standing,”
My president thoughtfully said;
“This isn’t something I’m demanding,
Wakeful Night
I love to hear you sleeping
As we lie here in the dark,
While I the watch am keeping,
My Grandson’s Life History
Benjamin Caleb Bradford, His parentage selected,
Fresh from heavenly realms, Prepared with utmost care,
Helpless in his new world, His Father directed