Kindness Without Love is Not Kindness at All

  Today’s episode is centered around a quote from Ezra Taft Benson. He said “Children, do you pray for your parents? Do you try to support them in their noble endeavors? They will make mistakes, like you, but they have a divine mission to accomplish in your life. Will you help them do so? Will…Read more Do You Pray For Your Parents?

  Today’s episode is centered around a quote from the Ezra Taft Benson Manual. The quote is “Write thoughts and feelings that come to you from the Holy Ghost as you study. Underline passages you want to remember. Consider memorizing these passages or noting them in your scriptures next to related verses. Read a chapter…Read more Studying the Ezra Taft Benson Manual

  In this episode I describe a new project where I will be attempting to introduce some of the recent materials published by the church. Some of sources I would like to cover are listed below Are Mormons Christians? First Vision Accounts Race and the Priesthood Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah Book of…Read more New Project to Share Important Church Resources

  In this episode I share a presentation which includes a number of quotes about science from LDS leaders put to music from Josh Woodward. Thank you so much for listening.

  About 5 or 6 years ago, I began becoming increasingly interested in other religions and worldviews. Mostly I enjoyed hearing the stories and differing experiences that others have had. Sometimes, particularly in the church it can be easy to forget that we are not the only children of God, and that not only does…Read more Christ Did Not Come for a Chosen Few

  Remember that old object lesson of taking one stick and breaking it, and then taking two or more sticks together and trying to break those, which becomes much more difficult. I have heard that lesson regarding scriptures as well as many other things, but I would like to relate it to all of our…Read more Two Hands Together

  “Sometimes we hear the message that our strength is not desirable or wanted. Sometimes women feel that they should defer to others—that their husbands’ opinions are more important than their own, that the spiritual living teacher in Relief Society must be more spiritual than they are, or that their needs and wants should be…Read more No Healthy Marriage Needs to Fear a Strong Woman or a Strong Man In It

  One of my favorite talks is from Elder Uchtdorf where he discussed the idea of lifting where you stand. He spoke about members of the ward moving in a huge piano which had just been purchased. The difficulty was that when only some individuals would lift, it would make the piano go off center…Read more We Are All One in Sisterhood

  It is not difficult to mix up differing teachings of the gospel. Common examples of this are the teachings about the atonement. We believe in grace, and we believe in the importance works such as keeping the commandments. I believe that there are valuable ways to understand that these two concepts can work together,…Read more Christ Loves All of Us