Improving Our Time

I wanted a project to challenge me into the next level of my rocketry hobby by creating things I’d never seen before. I chose to bring to...

While a missionary, I grew to understand there is but one qualification necessary for someone to receive the Gospel as it is presented by...

Words can be awfully clumsy. Think of it. All we have are words to use when talking about words! It can be difficult to describe things...

While a missionary, I spent a lot of effort trying to convince others to do things I knew would benefit them. Many times this convincing...

Of all ancient Judah, Josiah is my favorite king. He grew up among abominable idolatry and began to reign at eight years of age. His work...

As a full-time missionary from 2009 to 2011, I spent three hours of study each day, devoted entirely to preparing to teach others the...

At the beginning of 2017, I decided I needed a long-term project to keep myself from being absorbed totally by work at the funeral home....

Since watching PBS's documentary of the same name, adapted from Command and Control , written by Eric Schlosser, I have been fascinated...

March, 2003. Sunday, after church. Front yard. I had received a paintball gun for my thirteenth birthday, the kind that uses small...

Be sure to read: The Year of the Heart, Part One The Year of the Heart, Part Two

I think ion thrusters are beautiful. The magical blue light, and the way they generate forces by only using inert gas and electricity is...

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,...

A stocky man in sweaty green scrubs sits ponderously down on the brightly colored vinyl bench across from my wife and me. His entry is...

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...

As I've learned through an explosive experience in 2003, fuses are for fireworks. ( Not Quite a Dud ) We don't use fuses in model...

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...