Category: progression

April 26, 2013

How Will Governs the Cosmos

I like to understand how things work. I do this by ...

April 19, 2013

Choose Higher Ground

My missionary son wrote his first p-day letter Monday. It was ...

April 5, 2013

Sex as a Sacrament

This is the fourth in a 7-part series, A Compound in One.  The gospel of ...

April 5, 2013

Gifts (Estates) Precede Callings

This is the third in a 7-part series, A Compound in One.  As I studied ...

March 23, 2013

Be Ye Therefore Perfect

Matthew 5:48 quotes Jesus Christ as saying, "Be ye therefore perfect, ...

February 25, 2013

The Day I Lied to My Bishop

I was reading a thread on a bishop’s power of discernment ...

February 18, 2013

The Well of Depression

This essay is a part of our Peculiar Minds series. The darkness ...

February 11, 2013

What Will I Regret?

When I heard President Uchtdorf's talk in October, I liked it. ...

February 8, 2013

What Shall I Give in Exchange For My Soul?

I am drawn to simple, yet profound statements: one sentence sermons ...

January 31, 2013

The Road IS Long

Last month the Lord promised me help when I needed it, ...

January 29, 2013

Spiritual ADD

Too often I find myself going through the following cycle: I discover ...

January 27, 2013

Reflections on Meekness: Being Gentler With the Ones We Love

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

January 20, 2013

Blessed are the Meek: Defining Meekness as a Personal Quest

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 13, 2013

The Paradox of Spiritual Debt

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 12, 2013

Growing Sin

I don’t like the word repent. Short and chopped at the ...

January 6, 2013

Thoughts on Spiritual Poverty

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 3, 2013

A Stream of Testimony

As the old year ends and the new begins, the editors ...

December 20, 2012

The Gift of Oneness

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

December 18, 2012

Foundational Thoughts about Spiritual Gifts

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

December 14, 2012

The Gift of Weeping

This is the sixth 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 27, 2012

The Big Fluffy Airport In The Sky

Please welcome Brenda Madore who is guest posting with us. One of ...

November 25, 2012

A Fresh View of Repentance

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

November 24, 2012

How Readest Thou?

Many quote and study the parable of the Good Samaritan as ...

November 23, 2012

When the Road Veers to the Right

Have you ever experienced a point in your life when something ...

November 21, 2012

Be Zealous to Save Souls

What is the difference between over-zealousness, zealousness, and apathy? The scriptures ...

November 18, 2012

The Map: Imagine If

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

November 6, 2012

A Storm of Anger

Lying here in the dark I hear the rumbling of a ...

November 4, 2012

Light and Darkness

"What is that?" I asked. "It's one of those sun lamps. ...

November 2, 2012

Embracing Grace

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

October 31, 2012

Dia de Los Muertos

Halloween coincides with the Mexican festival Dia de Los Muertos (Nov ...

October 24, 2012

A poem

When we first saw the dust they'd use to make our ...

October 20, 2012

Arriving Elsewhere

There is an ocean of ideas that flow through my writer’s ...

October 18, 2012

Faith Enough to be Healed

Over 15 years ago I had the privilege of visiting teaching ...

October 16, 2012

If Ye Do This, Ye Shall Always…

Months ago, I was preparing to teach the gospel doctrine lesson ...

October 15, 2012

Return and Bring Me Word

(Last week.) Once again, the supervisor has put off starting my son ...

October 8, 2012

The War of Animal Instincts

Recently, I remarked to my sister that I attract people with difficult ...

October 2, 2012

“If God Only Knew…”

All people face trials or tests of the divinity that is ...

October 1, 2012

Stale Bread

I had a dream about bread last night. In my dream, I ...

September 27, 2012

Empty Nets

I’m pretty sure I’m on a List at church. It’s the ...

September 23, 2012

Faith and Belief

A few Sundays past we had the discussion about Samuel the ...

September 16, 2012

A Summer Cottage in Babylon

Merrily we roll along, roll along, roll along... Yup, that was me ...