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Two Eyes—Two Viewpoints
Sitting in the living room in the early morning hours preparing my institute lesson, I glanced outside to watch the birds…
Read MoreThree Decisions
Three decisions have been pivotal in my life. The first was my decision to be born. Contrary to what the world will tell you…
Read MoreTaking Things for Granted
We have so very much, and take it all for granted. Take the scriptures, for example. I am rereading the New Testament…
Read MoreAmmon’s Story—Another Viewpoint
Lamoni was king over the Lamanites in the land of Ishmael. As such he had power over the life and death of the people of his realm…
Read MoreTricks and Temptations
Today I am to teach the boys in my 11-year-old Primary class the account of Alma and Amulek as they taught the people in the city of Ammonihah.
Read MoreDominoes
King Lamoni awoke from his 3-day swoon and found his faithful wife watching over him. As he attempted to explain…
Read MoreSpectator or Participant?
The secret to living a joyful and a successful life is to live it as a participant rather than as a spectator.
Read MoreAllegory of the Raspberry Patch
Besides olives and grapes, the master of the vineyard also grew raspberries.
Read MoreLook for the Blessings
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Billings Montana Temple was scheduled for March 1998.
Read MoreZoram—Essential to the Plan
As I begin another reading of the Book of Mormon my attention is drawn to Zoram and to the key role that he played in the saga.
Read MoreMy Forgetter
As I grow older I find that some of my abilities and functions are slowing down. One part of me, however, is becoming more active.
Read MoreLife’s Disappointments
Life doesn’t necessarily turn out the way we expect.
Read MoreLinchpin Doctrines
Section 89, the revelation in the Doctrine and Covenants that we know as the Word of Wisdom, contains four very remarkable promises.
Read MoreThe Superlative Book
The 1981 Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants states that “…this book (is) of great value…
Read MoreI’m Astonished
I have a friend who spent the first 60 years of his life without a knowledge of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel.
Read MoreOne By One
Today (28 February 2016) I reached a milestone. Last fall, because of our mission, I was five conferences behind in my indexing…
Read MoreThe Trial That Is the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a trial. It’s not a trial to read it—quite the contrary. It is a joy.
Read MoreYou Can’t Get Away With It
My wife does not like the grandchildren to climb on the back of the couch. It has a large picture window behind it.
Read MoreSupernal Gifts
As I was teaching my Primary class of 11-year-olds a boy raised his hand. “I have a question,” he said.
Read MoreA Sin-resistant Generation
Inspired men and women have flooded the earth with products and materials that are resistant to all sorts of harmful things.
Read MoreHome Teaching at Its Best
A young American sailor stationed in Japan was given the assignment to be the home teacher of a part-member couple.
Read MoreThinning or Thriving
All my life I have been associated with, loved, and cared for 200 acres of trees. It is a forest of pines, firs, larches, spruce, and aspens.
Read MoreThe Ideal Traveling Companion
Elder Larry R. Lawrence of the Seventy points out that life is a journey, and that “the Holy Ghost makes an ideal traveling companion.”
Read MoreTo See (Hear) Ourselves as Others Do
I found the following news report interesting: “Police in Amsterdam responded quickly this week when they received an emergency call…
Read MoreBest-Kept Secrets
How long is it possible to keep a secret? I know of several that were kept for thousands of years.
Read MoreNecessities of Life
Talk given at Gideon Farber’s baptism. 30 January 2016. I awoke this morning thinking about the necessities of life.
Read MoreSlipped Moorings
President Thomas S. Monson made the observation that “the world has slipped from its moorings.”
Read MoreRepentance
I am nearly 69 years old. I thank God for this long life, and for the opportunity it has given me to repent and to put my life in order.
Read MoreEndangered Species
Lately as I’ve perused the World Book Encyclopedia, several articles have intrigued me.
Read MoreLooking Beyond the Mark
Two stories from general conference and an experience of my own need to be gathered together into one place.
Read MoreTurkeys
I have the opportunity of studying wild turkeys from my living room window. Two family groups combined last fall …
Read MoreIgnoramuses
Half a dozen times in the Doctrine and Covenants Jesus says, “I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.”
Read MoreHomemakers
Young Women general president, Bonnie L. Oscarson, put a novel twist on the term “homemaker” in the April 2015 general conference.
Read MoreThe Early Christmas Present
Zack Wright was a 14-year-old boy in Idaho with a passion for snow boarding. Christmas was coming, and more than anything, he wanted a snow board.
Read MoreSelf-Estimation
In the talk Dieter F. Uchtdorf gave in the Priesthood session of the October 2014 general conference, he cited an interesting study:
Read MoreMuscle Memory – or – Hitting the Wrong Key
This morning I sat, watched, and marveled as my wife practiced at the piano. She was getting ready for a Christmas sing-along.
Read MoreThe Yoke of Christ
My piano-playing wife has a new, favorite composer. Through all of our married life she has daily been at the piano playing Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Scott Joplin, and the like.
Read MoreTable of Contents
Table of Contents for “I Have No Greater Joy”
Read MoreIntroduction to “I Have No Greater Joy”
Introduction to “I Have No Greater Joy”
Read MoreI Have No Greater Joy – Cover
Cover of “I Have No Greater Joy”
Read MoreCattle Drives
The subject on my mind this morning is cattle drives—inspired, believe it or not, by my reading last night in the Book of Mormon.
Read MoreHidden Treasures of Knowledge
Last evening at institute I asked the Young Single Adults if they had found any of the “great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures” that are promised in the Word of Wisdom.
Read MoreThoughts Upon a Shoeshine
Whenever I shine my shoes I think of a lady I heard about in New York City who sniffed disdainfully about women who don’t shine the bottoms of their shoes.
Read MoreParenting
Parenting is the basis of civilization. The majority of people who have ever lived in the world have no descendants today.
Read MoreMarjorie’s Missionary Homecoming Talk
We served our mission in Vanuatu. Vanuatu is a country of 83 islands in the South Pacific.
Read MoreA Prophet Is Not Without Honor
Every person in this Church needs the opportunity to serve. Testimonies grow and faith increases when one learns to lose himself in the service of others.
Read MoreJust 300 Men
The story of Gideon is told in the 6th through 8th chapters of the Book of Judges. In the days of Gideon the Children of Israel were greatly afflicted by the Midianites and Amalekites.
Read MoreExodus Events
As I read about the events leading up to the destructions of the Nephites and the Jaredites, I always wonder why some of the people didn’t see what was coming and run.
Read MoreHow Did They Do It?
There are accounts in the scriptures that are maddeningly brief. Sometimes the paucity of details leaves one to wonder what really took place, and how the event was even possible.
Read MoreThere is a Way Out
One evening as we arrived home from seminary graduation we noticed a calf standing on the other side of the pond. It had obviously come from the herd above our house.
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