Improving Our Time

In my family, we enjoy a meal of symbolic foods to remember the history of the Passover, while focusing on the Last Supper. It gives us a...

"Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with...

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? One thing have...

(The following is from a sermon I gave in Edmond, Oklahoma in 2012.) ----- Go with me in your mind to the time in which we all lived in...

Do you want greater evidence that God is at work in your life? Do you want to pray and see your prayer answered exactly as you ask? Try...

Among my most prized earthly treasures are a few important documents, dealing with duty. This letter was given to my great grandfather,...

(The following is from a sermon given in a sacrament meeting in 2009) “Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God; for,...

The following is from a paper I wrote as part of a class on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), taken in the fall of 2023. The class...

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself...

No one comes to America except God brings them here. ----- Prophecy of Lehi: "But, said [Lehi], notwithstanding our afflictions, we have...

(The following is taken from an address I gave at a sacrament meeting in 2009.) ----- Receiving gospel ordinances establishes covenants...

A filthy word in our current vernacular is judgment . What does this word bring to your mind? Merely reading it may have caused you to...

The Book of Mormon has an important message of warning and hope for America. This message is much bigger than what is typically presented...

Astronomy really is looking up! ----- I've been amazed by some of the most fascinating things, just by taking time to look up. Mostly...

In the scriptures, we learn of a high form of devotion, affection, and connection. In the King James version of the New Testament, the...

"In God’s eternal plan, salvation is an individual matter; exaltation is a family matter." Russell M. Nelson ----- "In the mouth of two...

Being ready for something big to come doesn't always mean we will feel ready for it. Sometimes, we can feel completely ready, but are...

1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every...

I think God loves farming. He seems to enjoy working on plants, carefully tending and cultivating to raise up a good crop of delicious...