Author Archives: Ray DeGraw

About Ray DeGraw

I am the husband of my high school sweetheart and father of six children. I basically have no life outside of family, work and church - except blogging, which I have been doing actively, to put it mildly, for the past 5 years. I have lived in almost every section of the United States and currently reside in Carson City, NV. I have written at Things of My Soul, Mormon Matters, Times & Seasons and StayLDS.com - and commented more than occasionally at various sites in the Bloggernacle.
May 19, 2013

Seeing God Among and Within Us

The Book of Mormon includes the following statement from Alma, the ...

May 5, 2013

Purity of Heart

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

April 21, 2013

The Difference Between Mercy and Meekness and Kindness

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April 14, 2013

Forbearance to Inflict Harm: Practical Mercy

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March 31, 2013

It Is Finished: Death on Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is the ultimate celebration of life - the glorious ...

March 24, 2013

Mercy: “Judge Not, that Ye Be Not Judged”

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March 17, 2013

Becoming More Merciful

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March 10, 2013

What Satisfies Hunger and Thirst?

I have been struck more than once by the way our ...

March 4, 2013

That for Which I Hunger and Thirst – and the Place of Blogging in My Pursuit

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February 10, 2013

Managing Hunger and Thirst

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February 3, 2013

Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness

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January 27, 2013

Reflections on Meekness: Being Gentler With the Ones We Love

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January 20, 2013

Blessed are the Meek: Defining Meekness as a Personal Quest

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January 13, 2013

The Paradox of Spiritual Debt

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January 6, 2013

Thoughts on Spiritual Poverty

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December 23, 2012

Greater Love Hath No Man than This

I have thought a lot in the past about the idea ...

December 18, 2012

Foundational Thoughts about Spiritual Gifts

This is the ninth in a series by our writers and ...

December 7, 2012

Salvation in This Life

Those who crucified Jesus did so because they could not accept ...

December 3, 2012

Seeing God in the Caterpillars Among Us

I was struck by something a while ago that I have ...

November 25, 2012

A Fresh View of Repentance

The Bible Dictionary defines repentance as: "a change of mind, i.e., a ...

November 18, 2012

The Map: Imagine If

My second daughter is a senior in high school.  She wrote ...

November 11, 2012

“Remember” as a Missionary Principle

My mind is prone to wandering to and fro trying to ...

November 2, 2012

Embracing Grace

I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me - ...

October 25, 2012

Carrying His Load

I had an interesting insight during a prayer one morning a ...

October 23, 2012

Sleep Is Over-Rated

No, this post is not about early-morning seminary.  Just thought I ...

October 17, 2012

The Wonder of Warts

It is a basic medical truism that in order to be ...

October 4, 2012

The Problem with the Popular Perception of Perfection

OK, the title is intentionally over-the-top alliteration, but I believe ...

September 29, 2012

Receiving God’s Image in Our Countenances Does Not Destroy Individuality

I saw a very profound, short statement on the wall of ...

September 24, 2012

The Bright Night of My Soul

I wrote the following on Mormon Matters a while ago, but ...