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The Most Influential People
Because of my mother I decided early that I would never try alcohol nor tobacco.
Because of my mother I learned that there is a God in heaven. She set me to wondering about God
and Jesus Christ. Are they one person or two? Are they persons? I couldn’t sort it out,
but because of her I knew there was Something there, and that I had to be good.
He Being Dead Yet Speaketh
Marjorie and I have been engaged for the past months in a very fun and interesting project. We’re reading all of the books that I’ve written. I read out loud, and make note of any corrections that need to be made. Marjorie listens. She’s afraid that we’re going to run out of articles. We read multiple articles each evening.
Read MoreWorth a Thousand Words
I am intrigued by the pictures that general Young Women president, Bonnie H. Cordon, shared during her talk in general conference, October 2021. She told of her 5-year-old son, Tanner, who was assigned to be the goalie in the team’s first game. He became distracted, stuck his hands through the holes in the net, then his feet, and became completely entangled. The two pictures of the boy are priceless. He’s smiling, happy, and completely disengaged from the game and his purpose. He is just like so many people around us who have no idea who they are, or what their purpose in life might be, and who become hopelessly entangled in distractions.
Read MoreTeach Me
It has occurred to me that I have learned few things at church. Nearly everything that I’ve learned has been taught to me by the Spirit. The value of church meetings is not in what I learn there, but in being put in touch with the Holy Ghost. That is the major purpose of church meetings: to put a person in a setting and in a frame of mind where the Spirit can reach him.
Read MoreSwiss Girl Jailed For Teaching
We can teach even a child to understand the doctrine of Jesus Christ. It is therefore possible, with God’s help, to teach the saving doctrine simply.
Read MoreDon’t Quit. Keep Playing.
[I would like to relate] the story of a young piano student. His mother, wishing to encourage him, “bought tickets for a performance of the great Polish pianist, Paderewski.
Read MoreNot Enough Electric Train Cars
In about my tenth year, as Christmas approached, I yearned as only a boy can yearn for an electric train.
Read MoreTrain Trees and Children In Youth
Some twenty-five years or more ago my wife and I built a home. The first of many trees that we planted was a thornless honey locust.
Read MoreEvery Bird Came Back
Dr. Gustov Eckstein, one of the world’s renowned ornithologists, worked in the same laboratory for over twenty-five years. He bred and crossbred species of birds.
Read MoreBuilding Your Nest on a Straight Limb
Elder Thomas S. Monson tells the story of a very young boy who was abducted from his home and parents and taken to a village situated far away. He grew to young manhood not knowing who his parents were nor from whence he came. A yearning came into his heart to find and return to his home.
Read MoreOpen Your Mouths
Ezra Thayer and Northrup Sweet were told in the 33rd section of Doctrine and Covenants to “open your ears.” (D&C 33:1). Having done so, they were then commanded to “open your mouths.” (Verses 8, 9, and 10).
Read MoreFalsehoods Successfully Taught
As I sat in Primary opening exercises with my class, the music leader was teaching the hymn, “Come, Follow Me.” The fourth verse begins with the words,
Read MoreDiligent or Delinquent
It occurs to me that Satan is like a window. He’s easy to see through, yet he is an invisible barrier into which the unwary can crash with fatal consequences.
Read MoreThe Art of Reading
Marjorie has said that the only thing she could possibly hold against her parents is that they never read to her.
Read MoreLearning to Drive
I do a lot of things on my mission here in Vanuatu that are not in my job description. In fact, most of the things that I do are like that.
Read MoreFeed My Sheep
I was very grateful a short time ago to wake up and realize that I was in Vanuatu and not back home. I did it twice. I was awaking from bad dreams.
Read MoreTaught By an Apostle
It’s 5:00 a.m., and I’ve just gotten up from a dream that I should record. I’m recording it because there was a good line in it, and because it’s something that Marjorie can use when she teaches her workshop in our upcoming Young Single Adult Conference.
Read MoreHow Many Are On Your Team?
For the past 46 years I’ve been playing catch-up. That’s how long I’ve been a member of the Church. I was baptized and became a member just 20 days before my 20th birthday. Consequently I missed out on Primary, Young Men’s, Aaronic Priesthood ordinations, scouting, seminary, and a mission.
Read MorePlaying Catch-up
For the past 46 years I’ve been playing catch-up. That’s how long I’ve been a member of the Church. I was baptized and became a member just 20 days before my 20th birthday. Consequently I missed out on Primary, Young Men’s, Aaronic Priesthood ordinations, scouting, seminary, and a mission.
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