by Michelle DeGraw | Mar 29, 2009 | for Love
I can relate to a phrase Nephi uses to describe his father's counsel to his children. 1 Nephi 8:37 states that “he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent.” As my oldest child prepares to serve a mission, I find myself frequently...
by M. Linford | Mar 2, 2009 | for Love, for Spirit
I call my shower my revelation chamber. I cannot tell you how many talks and posts and lessons and essays and parenting practices and journal entries and important discussions have been spiritually created in that small space in my bathroom. While the warm water...
by M. Linford | Jan 22, 2009 | for Love, for Spirit
Recent discussions here about the problem of abortion and of how we might be able to help curb such trends in our society reminded me of something that happened a few years ago. I thought I would share it here. My husband once had a discussion with a friend (I'll call...
by M. Linford | Dec 18, 2008 | for Love
Once in a while, you read something that sticks, that changes your view on things, that changes your life. I wanted to write about one of those things for me. It's been nearly nine years since I read this little comment, a comment that was buried in a rather long...
by Angie Gardner | Dec 11, 2008 | for Love
At my first zone conference nearly 16 years ago, my mission president calmly took a piece of chalk and walked to the chalkboard. He then proceeded to pound a word into the chalkboard, and I do mean pound. The chalk was breaking, the chalkboard was moving backwards (it...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 17, 2008 | for Love, for Spirit
A friend once told me, “Three moves are as good as a fire.” Having just moved, I can attest to the benefit of massive purging. One such benefit came in the form of the discovery of some lost notes. Whenever humanly possible, I attend Education Week at BYU....
