Mormon Malaise

Mom's wisdom: An unwillingness to set standards or goals for ourselves, of course, can result in a Mormon malaise, going nowhere but very anxiously. Neal A. Maxwell, RSCS, 1982, p. 115 Discuss.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

In a recent post, I mentioned how my husband and I have been looking for ways to help Grasshopper (6 years old) understand and appreciate the power and necessity of prayer. One of the things that she always prays for is that we have a good day tomorrow. When I ask her...

What Is It About Muslims?

Did that get your attention? Probably exponentially more dander is brushed up by such titles (or those targeting Jews, blacks, etc.) than by any of the bigotry being flamed at Mormons during this presidential primary season. In his post “Tsantorum Tsurge and...

Love of Truth

I've been going through my mom's things since cleaning out my parents how to sell it. I found a file box full of 3″x5″ cards my mom had typed up and organized by topic. Each one contains a quote she felt was important, helpful, useful. Most have a...

Beautiful

Today was High Council Sunday. As is customary, the High Council speaker brought along a companion speaker. Because we have a small ward where each of has to frequently give talks, High Council Sunday is always a pleasure. But today was especially so. As the companion...

Teaching Moments

Wherefore, men are free…to choose liberty and eternal life through the great Mediator of all men. 2 Nephi 2:27 Our ward, Primary, for the second year, has challenged the children to memorize the scriptures used with the Primary's monthly themes. The scripture above is...