A Latter-day Voice

I was out last week at a family reunion, so did not post. While I was gone, Real Intent ran a great series on Addiction Recovery that is w...

I did a workshop at our stake’s women’s conference, and I blogged about it at Real Intent (you can read that blog here ). The presentati...

This is number two in a series of I don't know how many installments, and I don't know how long it will take for me to tire myself o...

(This is part IV. Part I is here ; Part II is here ; Part III is here .) One of the hallmarks of King Benjamin’s address to the Nephites ...

(Part I here . Part II here . Note: Today's entry is longer than I had expected. I thought about breaking it up into two or three par...

See Part I here . In my last post, I introduced the idea of seeking the blessings of the atonement in our lives. This is, in my view, the...

You’ve heard of The Plan. I remember a not-too-distant discussion of the Plan of Salvation that bemoaned the fact that we get mired down wi...

In recovery circles, one often hears the slogans “One day at a time” and “One step at a time.” Those slogans recognize that for an addict, ...

My present church assignment is to work in the Addiction Recovery Program as a group leader. The Addiction Recovery Program, and its compan...

I listened to a Mormon Channel Conversations podcast yesterday featuring Rodney K. Smith, former president of Southern Virginia University....

There’s plenty to worry about in the world. Macro events, micro events. Global warming, unusual weather patterns, natural disasters, war. ...

Ten days ago I wrote about personal inventories , and a week ago, I wrote about sharing those inventories . An inventory will likely incl...

On Monday, I posted about the value of a personal inventory . Once we’ve done the inventory, then what? On the surface it seems pretty si...

My first Sunday home from my mission was ward conference, and my dad was a high councilor at the time. He happened to speak that Sunday in ...

While I was on my mission (back when we rode dinosaurs to appointments), my last companion somehow got invited to present a paper at a local...

This is Part II of my wife’s notes from her ward conference presentation to sisters on addiction. Part I is here . I’ve edited her notes s...

This week’s LDS Living Family Home Evening suggestion was on overcoming addiction. You can read more here . I’ve been trying to figure ou...

I have an addicted love one in my family, and therefore I have participated for several years in Families Anonymous, a 12-step program. I...