Are We Not All Teenagers?

Right now in my ward I get to work with the Young Women. I've grown to love it, though I didn't at first. What I dreaded the most was all the drama. I think the hardest part of being a teen is figuring out who you are, and then how that relates to the people around...

What to Say When She’s Not Expecting

Over the past few weeks I've had several friends approach me and ask what they can do or say for a woman who has suffered a miscarriage. This put the idea into my head that perhaps there are many people out there who do not know what to say to a woman in this...

How Do We Love Another Woman’s Child?

When I became pregnant with my first child a girl I couldn't understand how having a baby would be markedly different from babysitting. And I wasn't too thrilled with the whole idea. Then she was born and I found that I would give my life for this precious baby in a...

Befriending the U.S. Constitution

I strongly believe that in the U.S., politics and religion are on a collision course as the “just and holy principles” that should be employed to maintain the Constitution continue to deteriorate. This coming storm hopefully leads us to ask ourselves what...

Refusing The Good Samaritan

It's one of the most widely known and beloved stories in all of holy writ and it's told by none other than the Savior, Jesus Christ himself. The parable of The Good Samaritan began when a lawyer asked how he could inherit eternal life. The scriptures stated that one...

How Are You?

When you ask that question, do you listen to the answer? As someone who struggles with some sometimes-discouraging health issues, I have learned a hard lesson: Not everyone really wants to know how I'm doing, even if they ask how I'm doing. With recent discussions on...

Video Game Alternative

Video games are sweeping the nation. I couldn't believe just how popular the new Nintendo system was this last Christmas. It reminds me of a few years back when I was at a store and a new video game had been released and a boy was hovering by the demo console in the...

08.2007 The Bottom Line on Integrity

The Bottom Line on Integrity This book is a newer version/rewrite of my favorite book: Is Lying Sometimes the Right Thing for an Honest Person to Do?: How Self-Interest and the Competitive Business World Distort Our Moral Values and What We Should Do About It By Quinn...