Fear Not
Some people are discouraged. Some people are fearful. Some people feel hopeless. I once had a few months during my junior year when I was...
Joy
Joy. In the Book of Mormon, the prophet Lehi said, "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25)...
Agency and Opposites
I still remember going up to the mini-pulpit in my Church Primary class when I was about 8-years-old. I had been asked to share the...
Amazing Grace and Mercy
Today as I was reading, I pondered on mercy and grace. In class, we learned how grace could be explained as “getting more (good) than we...
As We Are
This week in class my professor explained something that was really profound. He explained how Jacob and Nephi, two brothers and ancient...
Near
This week, we discussed some of the Book of Mormon chapters that contain the words of Isaiah, the prophet from the Old Testament. I used...
How Loved You Are
Have you ever felt lonely? Tired? Weak? Sad? Hurt? Tormented? Tempted? Not enough? Hopeless? Let’s talk a little about the most important...
Pure Love
This week I took some time to study the principle of charity. It is something that I have always been taught as important, and something...
The Wilderness
This week in class Brother Griffin, my professor, was teaching us about a man named Lehi and his family. To escape the soon-to-be...
The Things That Matter Most
I just completed my first week of school at Brigham Young University. Crazy, huh? As you may or may not know, BYU is a school sponsored...