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June 22, 2017

Scripture Thoughts: Translating Repentance

*This is the first post (of three) in this series where I discuss my thoughts about the Scripture essay in Adam S. Miller’s book, Letters to a Young Mormon. You can find posts the other two posts here and here. *image A few years ago I heard about this book called Letters to a Young Mormon by Adam S. Miller. I...

June 20, 2017

A Matter of a Few Degrees

*image This morning, I was in the basement with the kids and for some reason I started playing the piano. I can’t play that well, but I do know how to play a little bit. I was playing some of the songs from the Hymns Made Easy book. I started playing We Thank Thee, O God,...

June 20, 2017

Gospel Lessons from Minecraft: Being the Hardest to Kill

*image Today during lunch L and P were talking about Minecraft. I overheard one of them say “The Wither is the hardest thing to kill in Minecraft. Because when you attack it, it heals itself.” When I heard that, I received a little stroke of inspiration and took advantage of the moment to...

June 7, 2017

Lessons from the Book of Mormon: Experiment Upon the Word / Taste the Fruit

*image So this morning I was reading the Book of Mormon with L. He is on Alma 32 now so we were reading about experimenting upon the word and knowing if something is good or not. Verse 35 mentions tasting the light. L thought this wording was a little bit funny. So then I explained to...

May 31, 2017

Patriarchal Blessing Affirmations

*image I’m a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This post might not make much sense if you aren’t a member of my church. I feel like I have always been interested in self improvement, but the past 4 years or so, I have really been passionate about...

May 15, 2017

Lessons from the Book of Mormon: Burying Weapons of War and Neuropathways

*image This morning I was reading the Book of Mormon with L. We were reading the story about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies burying their weapons of war. I was talking to L (and P) about how when we make a choice for the first time, sometimes it is a little bit hard because we have to...

April 16, 2017

Promptings from the Holy Ghost: Stop Analyzing the Results

*image In relief society today our lesson was about the Holy Ghost and promptings. I had a few thoughts that I wanted to record… I have heard several times before that if something inspires us to do good then it is of God, and therefore is a prompting, right? Well, I feel like...

March 19, 2017

Sacrament Meeting Talk: Sharing the Fruit Through the Generations

Sharing the Fruit Through the Generations In Lehi’s vision of the tree of life, he came to the tree and partook of the fruit. He said that it was sweeter than any other fruit that he had ever tasted before. It was also whiter than any other fruit that he had ever seen. When he...

March 6, 2017

The Scriptures Point Us to Our Covenants

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Yesterday during Sunday School, we were talking about the name of the church and also about why people outside the church call us Mormons. … because of the Book of Mormon. And then I started thinking “I wonder why it’s called the Book of Mormon?” I mean, I know that Mormon...

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