by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 7, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
How you make money and how you spend it, all reflect your character. How You Make Money Reflects On Your Character I was going to start out this post with this sentence, “While most of us have consciously thought about the ethics and morality of how we make our...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 3, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Every Sunday my family attends church and sprinkled throughout the week are myriad other religious meetings. But the most spiritual place I have ever been in my life is the cannery. The LDS church has an elaborate welfare system in place. In stark contrast to most...
by Michael J. Snider | Nov 2, 2012 | for Good, for Spirit
I believe some of the conversation at the judgment bar between many Christians (and some Mormons) and their God could go something like this: God: “Did you care for the poor and the needy while you were on earth?”Charitable Person: “Yes Father. I...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 8, 2012 | for Good
This post brought to you by The Walmart Foundation. All opinions are 100% mine. Everyone thinks about giving at Christmas. Charitable organizations get donations, nursing homes are booked, cookies are delivered. But then we get back to our “real” lives and...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 14, 2010 | for Good
In the quest to teach my kids to serve others, I looked for opportunities for hands-on service. I wanted them to work hard, sacrifice, give of themselves, and then see the result, see the benefit to others, see with their own eyes how serving others changes lives....