Improving Our Time

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 voices claiming to offer things that can add value to your life. It is possible to spend all your life chasing the latest media, and never catch up. For example, each day much more than twenty-four hours' worth of content is added to YouTube. Thus, it is impossible to watch all that is available. Something that has brought a lot of peace and dir

I love looking up into a dark cloudless sky. I have many fond memories of time spent pondering the heavens. From an early age, I've...

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...

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...

On Sunday, July 20, 1969, two men from Earth rested upon the surface of another world. One, a technically minded, strait-laced man of...

I remember the moment I first had the thought, while riding home in the back of a minivan, returning from church with my family. It was a rather ordinary time; an unoccupied teenager scanning out the window at the passing scenery. I thought for the first time how interesting it was that I could see through the glass, on to the trees and grass beyond. The glass was hard as rock, indeed made from rock. It ably directed the strong currents of air around the car, with no hint of

O distance! Futile enemy thou art. A seed hidden deep in fruit unapproved first warranted thine unwelcome intercession Betwixt fancy,...

The movie is a lot better than the book. Really. Warning: Though not overtly glamorized, Paramount Pictures' Forrest Gump does contain...

May 7, 2017. I awake around 1:00 AM to a crying child. I recognize the little voice, and roll over to see if my wife, Kristen, will be...

"What is life?" asks George Harrison. "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans," sings John Lennon. I wonder if...

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a train of grand destination. Some disembarked before leaving the station. All others disembarked...