At-one-ment: The Gift of Reconcilation

I'm remembering a conversation I had with a friend of mine last year. She shared with me the joy of her new marriage and how the Lord had brought her and her husband together. After a painfully difficult, but necessary, divorce, she had thought she would not be able...

Finding (Spiritual) Rest and Healing

My ward is humongous. Consequently, it's not often that I have the opportunity to give a talk. So that made it all the more amazing and tender-mercy-like to me when I was asked a couple of years ago to give a talk on Matthew 11:28–30 and a talk by Elder Nelson...

How the Atonement Has Affected My Life

By Elyse Rose Freeman My beloved brothers and sisters, it is an honor and a privilege to stand before you. It is an awesome opportunity to bear my testimony of the Savior and His work upon the earth. Some years ago a woman sat in a Fast and Testimony Meeting in Salt...

The Seven R’s of Repentance

By William J. Critchlow, Jr. Recognition: we see that what we did was wrong Remorse: we have Godly sorrow for our sin Relating: we confess our sin to the Lord and, if necessary, to our leaders Restitution: we do all we can to right the wrong Resolution: we have firm...