Spiritual North

After reading my cousin's wife's post about Helman 6:36 , I wrote some additional commentary on my Book of Mormon Inspection blog ....

Today was High Counselor Sunday. As kids, we used to call it Dry Counselor Sunday because the High Counselor usually gave a boring talk. But...

Recently, I was asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting. I was assigned the topic of a Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit. I delivered this ...

... keeps the temptations away. As discussed in a previous post , one of my MTC teachers (Asa Neilson) taught us that we should always striv...

There is so much to learn. I've not been posting to this blog because I really didn't see a need to. I've been wrapped up in my ...

Every once in a while, I do a blog search for the phrase "Book of Mormon" Most of the links it returns are positive meaning they...

I'm not a history buff, but I do enjoy history. For a few years, I really got into World War II history. Even today, when I'm flippi...

I've been a member of the Church my whole life (30+ years) and I've at least heard of many of the less known aspects of Church Histo...

I came across a powerful talk today. I cannot understand how I've never read this talk before. This October 1989 General Conference talk...

Every day we make choices. Many of the choices we make have nothing to do with our spirituality - should we eat mashed potatoes or yams? Sho...

"That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is u...

On a hot summer Sunday afternoon after attending church meetings, my missionary companion and I walked home and ate dinner. After dinner, I ...

Last night I got a call from Brother White. I'm giving a talk in church on April 15th. The topic is Fellowshipping. I'll capture my ...

From the More Good Foundation blog ( see post here ): Answer a Question at Yahoo! Answers Blog your testimony in your mission language Blog...

Just as I have posted my thoughts and feelings about the living prophets, I listen to a wonderful talk about the importance of heeding those...

I just finished posting over on my Book of Mormon Inspection blog ( Mosiah 8 ) in which I referred to my feelings about the hymn "We Th...

When the Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, many members had a chance to explain our beliefs to others who were curious. Som...

I took two negotiation classes in my MBA program. One of the repeating lessons I learned from those two classes as well as from another clas...

I'm sure you've heard the analogy many, many times. Faith is like train travelling in the dark of night. The conductor only needs to...

As I've discussed over at my Book of Mormon Inspection blog, I started writing my thoughts about each chapter I read when I was a missio...