I wasn’t sick, I didn’t have a big project that I was working on, and I didn’t have any “real” reason to ask for a Priesthood blessing, but at the back of my mind was that whisper of the idea to ask for one. A day went by and in the middle of a conversation […]
I ran cross country and track in college. At the end of my freshman year, my coach conferenced with each of us about our goals for the upcoming year. He also discussed with us our BMI, or Body Mass Index. Although my BMI was within the suitable range for an NCAA athlete, he was not
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When our beloved prophet, a man called of God to lead and guide us all in these latter-days. A man we sustain and look to for guidance and direction when he stands and says that faithful women are “vital associates during this winding-up scene,” and these women are the fulfillment of prophecy, I believe him.
It was Monday. We had planned a trip to pick up a new table. One hour and forty-two minutes to travel down and one-hour and forty-two minutes to get back home. But sometimes plans go horribly wrong… My family of six piled into the truck at 12:00 noon, prayed for a safe journey, and we
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There I was. Crying, again. Just lying on the couch, looking up for answers. The pain in my heart, so overwhelming. So difficult to pass through, to pass over. I wanted to move forward, to forgive, to heal, to be made whole. But, how? How could I do those things on my own? How could
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I was reflecting on a time when music brought such inspiration to my prayer life and wanted to share this experience from five years ago. Man, I miss singing in church… We sang Did you think to Pray in the ward choir today. I’ve found that music is one of the easiest ways for me
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We all have experiences that shape our testimonies. This is my simple testimony of Christ.
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As a teen, I would read my patriarchal blessing and worry that I wouldn’t do “what I was supposed to do” and mess everything up. You see, I am a rule follower, a mathematician at heart (probably thanks to my two computer programmer parents), and a lover of school because there were assignments and due
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Since my post last month and my search for clarity amidst chaos, God has been giving me direction of how to spend my time and who to turn to for help. One of the more pressing promptings I have felt is to plant a garden. When we first moved into our home two and a
I used to think that “the gospel” meant all the teachings of Christ, all the things he asked of us. That is, until the most annoying kid I ever taught in Sunday school taught me otherwise. “I knew a good number of you here, and many of you knew me before I served a mission.
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