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...

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...

Well, that’s it: the Book of Mormon cannot be true. My proof: from our family scripture reading this morning: And thus did the thirty a...

More than once I’ve made reference to something Theodore M. Burton taught me about testimony. He was the Area Administrator (sort of a pre-...

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not athletic. Never have been and never will be. I do try to watch my weight (I’ve lost 60 pounds betw...

Last weekend was delightful. My daughter was endowed, her next step in preparing to enter the MTC in just about a month. Last weekend was...

In my last post , I spoke about the separation of spiritual experience and emotion. Today I’d like to talk about the combination of the two....

Elder Packer taught a group of new mission presidents: The voice of the Spirit is described in the scriptures as being neither loud nor ha...

That was my son’s Facebook status a few weeks ago after he returned from a couple of days in Kirtland. It’s the kind of thing that makes th...

I love the ward I live in. It’s a rather mature suburban ward in the Midwestern United States. There’s a mix of local members – some secon...

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

Our mission president attended our sacrament meeting last week. What a nice guy he is. His role in the times I’ve heard him speak seems to...

Today was the second worldwide training session for Handbook 2, and I'm sure there will be plenty of commentary across the bloggernacle....

I heard my stake president speak twice in the last few weeks – once at our ward conference and once at a mission fireside. The talks shared...

In recovery circles, where 12-step programs are practiced, there's an understanding that one cannot do it alone. If one takes the AA ap...

In my last post I wrote about my son's declaration that he did not believe in God. I was touched by the responses that post received,...

We were not surprised to hear him say it, but hoped it wouldn’t be so soon. When our son delivered this message, my wife listened calmly an...

In one of our ward councils recently our Young Women's president expressed concern about participation among the youth of our ward. It...

As testimony fills my heart, It dulls the pain of days. For one brief moment, Heaven's view Appears before my gaze. ("Testimon...