Spiritual North

By bestowing sympathy on others we increase our own. Sympathy given can never be wasted. Even the meanest creature will respond to its heave...

Today's Elder's Quorums lesson (which I'm teaching) is from Teaching For Our Times with the focus on two talks, both from the Ap...

I find the secession movement quite fascinating. Let's rewind back to October 2008.  George W. Bush is president; McCain and Obama a...

President Paulson spoke of a regulation throughout the church.  Here are the five regulations he wants implemented in Kingwood Stake: 1. M...

I thought I'd do something a bit different this year with regard to General Conference notes.  Every time I come across a part of a talk...

As I read and learn and do more to become a true disciple of Jesus Christ, I find snippets and quotes that spur me to action or help me in t...

Matthew 5:13-16 reads, "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?  it is thence...

I came across James Allen many years ago ... first in reading a few of his quotes and then later in reading his book As a Man Thinketh . A...

Yesterday, I read a talk given by Harold B. Lee in the October 1963 General Conference.  The talk is entitled, This is Our Gospel .  I found...

Matthew 5:10-12 reads, "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ...

Matthew 5:9 reads, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." 3 Nephi 12:9 reads, "And bl...

Matthew 5:8 reads, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." 3 Nephi 12:8 reads, "And blessed are all the pu...

I love the Internet and all the fascinating things you can learn from the people who post on it. In this morning's study of the Beatit...

Matthew 5:7 reads, "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Nephi 12:7 reads, "And blessed are the merciful...

Matthew 5:6 reads, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Nephi 12:6 reads...

Matthew 5:5 reads, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." 3 Nephi 12:5 reads, "And blessed are the meek,...

In talking to my dad last week, our conversation, as often is the case, shifted to politics and the economy.  I told him my blunt opinion: t...

Matthew 5:4 reads, "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." 3 Nephi 12:4 reads, "And again, blessed are ...

Recently, I've been deeply impressed to minimize the breadth of my scripture study to two things: reading the Book of Mormon and studyi...

This selection comes from this talk . 6. We need always to make allowance in the kingdom for the fact that this is a divine church full of...