A Latter-day Voice

Man, do I love the Book of Mormon. I have for some time. It is a key element of my testimony of the restored gospel and my understanding of...

I recently worked my first Sudoku puzzle. If you’re not familiar, Sudoku puzzles have nine rows of nine digits each, organized into nine 3 x...

In yesterday’s High Priest group meeting, one of our members led us in a discussion of Chapter 16 in our Lorenzo Snow manual. Much of o...

I don’t know how many times I’ve read the Book of Mormon. I imagine (conservatively) that we’ve read it at least a dozen times as a family (...

I’m back. I’ve been on a self-imposed hiatus. There was some vacation time, some minor surgery, adjusting to my new seminary calling, and...

I am returning to teach seminary again in the fall.  (I’d posted before that I was helping the final quarter of last year’s class.)  I’ve...

As I think about my membership in the LDS church (nearly 37 years now), I realize that I have been on quite a path. Although there are times...

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...

A recent Salt Lake Tribune opinion piece about Bountiful HS grads who “announced” their mission calls as part of their graduation ceremony ...

The kernel of the idea for this post came from a comment over at Real Intent. In response to a discussion about asking the right questions, ...

Some time ago, MMM did a great post  on electronic vs paper scriptures and I joined in the discussion, as well. I’ve had some subsequent...

We had an awesome 5 th Sunday lesson yesterday.  Our bishop taught us about teaching our children about sex. Well, in fairness, he led...

Like many others, I watched the leadership training broadcast yesterday afternoon, and like some I watched it at home. (No one but me got...

We had a special stake conference this past weekend. Four general authorities (including an apostle, one of the presidents of the Seventy, a...

Yesterday was an awesome Father’s Day. I had calls and wishes from all my kids, a lovely dinner orchestrated by my lovely wife (including a...

When I was 11 or 12, my father and I embarked on a project to build a boomerang. I’m not sure why we did this thing. Perhaps Dad just w...

Saturday was the 35th anniversary of the announcement of extension of priesthood blessings to all worthy male members of the church, tha...

In the last months of my mission, my companion’s brother was travelling through Europe on business and got permission to take my companion...

Last week’s Wall Street Journal featured this story on parents’ serving as “exposure coaches” for their children who suffer from anxiety. ...

Encouraged by MMM’s 2nd Annual Hug a Convert Day , I am sharing my own conversion story. I was the first of my family attend any event at...