I’m admitting it. Sundays around my house aren’t the easiest day of the week. It feels like I spend quite a bit of the Sabbath day counting the hours until Monday so I ‘can get on with my life.’ It wasn’t always that way, though. As a teenager I found ways to keep the Sabbath,… Continue Reading
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Gifts of the Spirit Part 2–Implement!
So a few months back I wrote a post about recognizing and acknowledging gifts of the Spirit. Typing is evidently not one of mine, since I misspelled ‘recognize’. Oh well. In that post we discussed the different gifts that Heavenly Father can bless us with. Faith, teaching, healing and interpretation of tongues are all numbered… Continue Reading
More
My heart has been pretty full the last little while. As many of you know, my son has a rare neuromuscular disorder–one that will, someday, take his life. We have been privileged to be in contact with other parents whose children are afflicted with this disease. While that is in so many ways a blessing,… Continue Reading
Three Kings Found the Lord
My favorite holiday story is The Fourth Wise Man. There are different versions of it, but the one I know and love tells the tale of a man named Artaban. Artaban was supposed to meet the other Wise Men when the star proclaiming the Savior’s birth appeared. They had a plan to travel to the… Continue Reading
Nearer
Don’t you love the hymn ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee?’ It’s always been one of my favorites. The one problem I have with it, though, is the fact that the best verse is one that is frequently unsung. Here it is: Then, with my waking thoughts, Bright with thy praise, Out of my stony griefs,… Continue Reading
No Holiday Skipping
That’s the husband’s rule. Of course, this is not a hard and fast rule–we watched Fred Claus the other day, clearly skipping two major American holidays and one English (can I get a shout out for Guy Fawkes day!?!). But it does apply to things like decorating: no Christmas trees will be seen before Thanksgiving… Continue Reading
Sunshine In My Soul
I woke up this morning to another grey, dreary, drizzly day. It’s been like this now for over a week…cold front after warm front after cold front, but no sunshine. Inches of rain, then a nice breeze, but no sunshine. It’s starting to wear on me.Coming from Alaska, sunlight is something not to be taken… Continue Reading
Gifts of the Spirit–Recongize!
As children of God, we have all inherited some gift or another from Him. Some have more, some less. But we all have something. I have been thinking about gifts of the Spirit pretty extensively of late, largely because I wish I had a certain one. Let’s review them: In the Doctrine and Covenants section… Continue Reading
General Conference Question Challenge
My freshman year at BYU was the first time I really watched General Conference. I hadn’t spent much time with it before, probably due to having to go to the chapel to see it (I’m lazy).In preparation for General Conference weekend, my Book of Mormon teacher, Brother Parker, gave us a challenge. He told us… Continue Reading
Peace in Paris
So let’s set the stage: September 1st, 1998. There I was, in one of the biggest cities in Europe. Though I had visited large cities, I grew up in a suburb of Anchorage, Alaska (read:not big!), and Paris was a far cry from even Provo, where I had been attending school. I was there as… Continue Reading