Leadership, Excellence, and Mediocrity

Mom's wisdom: Leadership should seek to create a climate in which leaders and members of a group bring forth the best they have to offer. Sometimes the best which individuals have to offer is not of a high quality, but we must assure them as to the acceptability of...

The Eternal Question

My husband was working late, and I was the sole grown-up leading scripture-reading time with the kids. As we are finishing up, Grasshopper (7 years old) asks, “Mom, how do I know that the Church is true? I mean, how do I know that some other church isn't the...

Self Pity

Mom's wisdom: Don't waste your time feeling sorry for yourself. Don't belittle yourself. Never forget that you are a child of God. You have a divine birthright. Something of the very nature of God is within you. The Psalmist sang, “I have said, Ye are gods; and...

WWJHYD?

Mom's wisdom: Perhaps even more important than trying to speculate as to what Jesus would do in a given situation, is to endeavor to determine what Jesus would have you do. Harold B. Lee, Decisions for Successful Living Discuss.

Cherish Your Burdens

Mom's wisdom: Cherish your spiritual burdens because God will converse with you through them and will use you to do his work if you carry them well. Jeffrey R. Holland, from a talk given at BYU, February 2, 1982 Discuss.