Improving Our Time

Did you know there is a specific reference in the New Testament that connects the number eight with baptism? "For Christ also hath once...

Aviation has fascinated me from an early age. I have always yearned to fly. I study pictures of airplanes, I read stories of heroes like...

Life is to be endured. What does this mean to you? Does it cause you to think of long-awaited happier times, far from reach, on the other...

It is often said that difficult or extraordinary experiences build character. I disagree. Extraordinary experiences do not build ...

In reading the Book of Mormon, I've been thoroughly confused by these words of the angel to Alma and the sons of Mosiah: "If thou wilt of...

Left to our own devices, we mortals tend towards establishing our own rules and measures, which favor outwardly visible results as the...

Following my return home from California in 2011, I enrolled in school to begin my undergraduate education. This was hard for me—much...

Does the spiritual creation always precede the physical? Many will take part in building the physical Kingdom of God, then later discover...

All frustrations and disappointments arise from unfulfilled expectations. ----- When things go differently than expected, the default...

"And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of...

The Sabbath was instituted to commemorate the creation of the world, by honoring the seventh “day” or creationary period of time, whereon...

I traveled with my family away from our home as we positioned ourselves nearly to the center of the path of totality, to experience the...

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...

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...

Righteous husbands and fathers are increasingly undervalued in our culture and underrepresented in our media. Much of what gets a laugh...

1 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a (a) train of grand destination. 2 (a) Some disembarked before leaving the station. 3 All...

The following is from a brief school paper dealing with fundraising in nonprofits. The class was entitled "Resource Development for...

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,...