Improving Our Time

The priesthood, or the power and authority of God, may be conferred upon us here on earth. We operate under the direction of God in...

Do you have a wobbly dining table like mine? It's got a single column, barely able to keep the top from breaking down and flipping onto...

In my home hangs a copy of a beautiful painting showing Jesus standing near a peaceful stream, holding a staff, watching over grazing...

In my public preaching outside of Church meetings, one of the most frequently recurring doctrinal topics I've discussed on sidewalks,...

I've attended lots of funerals. I enjoy funerals, mostly because of the variety of things said about a person. Normally you get a good...

An ancient family was given a mysterious and miraculous device that helped them navigate their way through the desert in the vicinity of...

I once took an elective course dealing with the history and current condition of Jerusalem, as it figures into the traditions and beliefs...

If all the scriptures we have, taken together, contain the beautiful music that is the story of the people of God, I consider the various...

On September 20, 2011, I traveled from Orange County, California, where I had labored as a full-time missionary among the people within...

I attended a traveling exhibit of artifacts and stories from the Holocaust, told from the perspective of the Polish town of Oświęcim,...

Who do you follow? Who are among your influencers? Today's world offers no shortage of people to follow. Mine is only one among many...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ and His extension of that same blessing to all who have lived, are now living, and will yet live upon...

While serving as a missionary in California, I received a text message relaying that someone in my area of labor had requested a visit or...

I hear a gentle whisper in the beauty as I gaze Deftly words come dancing through the shadow and the haze In silent tones come ringing...

Making her way over countless stark mile Through empty black sea with light in her smile Spinning and soaring. Her eager endeavor— To...

Below the earth’s relatively calm surface lies an entirely different world. The temperature here is many times that of the surface and...

Smoke long ago swept clear of this grass Drew back in slow shame from covered morass. Surly ribbon bands did curtain this stage Where...

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,...

In wood I’ve created great plans brought to pass, Uncovered great beauty from sundry vague mass. But looking back now I’d be foolish to...

Good deeds and faith spent with back squarely bent: Our tools for the making, of Heaven are sent. Of grander affairs our plans they have...