A Latter-day Voice

(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...

Elder Packer is famous for teaching that we change behavior more by teaching doctrine than by teaching behavior (see here , here , and here...

I am a work in progress. Ask my wife, my children or anyone who knows me. I am not where I want to be, nor am I yet where I ought to be. ...

In my last post on this subject , I described my emotional response to the choice of some of my children to leave the church. And I postula...

We were reading 2 Nephi 2 in our family scripture reading tonight. This is the famous “opposition in all things” and “men are free to choos...

One of the lessons participants in certain 12-step support groups learn is about the difference between guilt and shame. This is particular...

I am grateful for the atonement. Why? Because of what I have come to learn through my own experience with the atonement. The thoughts fo...

Elder Clayton Christensen, then an area authority seventy, taught us in a stake conference a few years ago that maxim that the church is no...

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

No, it wasn't today. But today was great. Our bishopric gave inspiring talks about the Savior and His life and ministry. We had a won...

My oldest daughter (and fourth child) graduated from BYU today. She’s the second of our kids to graduate college, and the first to graduate...

I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently. She is a convert to the church and she has had some remarkable experiences whic...

I posted my first entry on this blog a year ago today. I had no idea what to expect. I started my blog for a number of reasons. First, I ...

Yom Kippur was this past weekend. I think about it each fall, not because I celebrate the Jewish Day of Atonement. But I do remember th...

We had a lesson in our High Priest Group this past Sunday about the welfare program of the church, and part of that discussion centered on t...

When I came home from my mission years ago, my first Sunday was ward conference, and my dad, who was on the high council, was one of the spe...

With Easter week upon us, I find myself drawn to the remarkable circumstances surrounding the Atonement. It is ironic to me that sometimes ...