Faith

I went back and forth about sharing this because it’s personal and special to me but I settled on choosing to share.  A tradition that we started this past Christmas season was to have a special evening of sitting next to the Christmas tree as a family and each sharing something that we created, to...Read More

I experienced a little tender mercy just now… one that made me tear up and feel close to God.   I was just reading from the book, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller about how sheep will often rise early, before dawn, to graze. That got me thinking about how Roxanne...Read More

I’ve been taught my whole life that faith is the first principle of the gospel.  It sounds simple, right?  It’s the most basic building block so it’s easily understood by nearly everyone, right?  Maybe for some people.  Not for me though.  I’ve often struggled to grasp what faith actually is or how to use it in practical...Read More

When I was writing that post about prayer journaling, of course it made me think about personal revelation and how to learn to hear and recognize the voice of the Lord. I used to really struggle with being able to recognize and trust personal revelation.  I felt so inadequate in this area and often felt...Read More

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post about prayer journaling.  I thought I would do another post to give some updates and talk about how it’s going for us. I have been writing in my prayer journal periodically for the past 2 years.  Prayer journaling has changed my relationship (for good)...Read More

I have read The Book of Mormon several times cover to cover but I don’t know if I have ever read the Doctrine and Covenants all the way through before.  Maybe during High School for seminary? So beginning this study this time has made me want to go deeper and get more out of it. ...Read More