Spiritual North

pseudo-spiritual north guidance for children:    true-spiritual north guidance for children: you can read the context and backgrou...

luke 6:30-31 give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy good ask them not again. and as ye would that men sho...

i was in the temple this past weekend. we were trying to make the 7am session, but arrived just a few minutes too late. i was not too disa...

i was attending my parents' ward in boise today and their high counselor spoke.  he was my wife's parents' bishop when they live...

The the book Essential James E. Talmage , there is a chapter on tithing.  In that chapter, Talmage describes tithing as a rental. "As...

I wanted to share two things today - both deal with attitude. The first one is a quote.  I don't quite remember where I found the quot...

in our primary lesson this week, we talked about how road signs and commandments are alike - they both keep us safe; they both guide us to o...

I can't help but speak up about the topic of divorce.  It is a nasty topic and I feel the need to rinse my mouth to even speak the word....

So we all are working on accomplishing our goals and new year's resolutions.  Some may still be contemplating what it is they want to re...

So, you may have noticed my posts have been infrequent.  This is due, in part, to life being so busy; but it is also due to the fact that I...

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." ...