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June 2023

June 28, 2023
A Canaanite woman traveled to see Jesus, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son...
June 21, 2023
“The ship was . . . tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.” As...
June 14, 2023
Jesus Christ’s suffering in Gethsemane is sacred to Christians all over the world. In 2018...
June 07, 2023
Fig trees were a common and popular food source in Christ’s Israel. The fruitbuds develop...

May 2023

May 31, 2023
Judas came  to Christ  with “a band of men and officers . . . with lanterns and...
May 24, 2023
“Girls, let’s try something different,” the activity days leader suggested to her 9-11-year-olds. Gossip-giggling sessions...
May 17, 2023
  As a newly minted first grader, I soon learned that in Virginia schools we...
May 10, 2023
  Elder Gerrit W. Gong introduced the term “covenant belonging,” meaning “to belong with God...
May 03, 2023
When I was called as a mission president to Chile, I was thrilled because I...

April 2023

April 26, 2023
Abraham and his nephew Lot, with households and possessions, left Egypt for God’s promised land....
April 19, 2023
As we walked out of the arena after an amazing victory, everyone felt the excitement...
April 12, 2023
“I feel it rolling in . . . It feels black as night/stealing all...
April 05, 2023
Mary came to Jesus during a meal and anointed His head with spikenard, a “very...

March 2023

March 29, 2023
Concluding the Sermon on the Mount, after warning about “corrupt” trees, Christ explained, “Many will...
March 22, 2023
Cinderella married the prince. So did Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. They had some...
March 15, 2023
As a large group of missionaries in the Missionary Training Center, we watched  The Lamb...
March 08, 2023
  A full day’s work  or an hour’s final contribution? Should the wage be the...
March 01, 2023
It was a small irritation. The windshield wiper on the driver’s side needed attention. I...

February 2023

February 22, 2023
Agency, the privilege to make our own choices and determine our own paths, is...
February 15, 2023
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall...
February 08, 2023
Everywhere I look, I see chaos in places and in faces. Tornados, blizzards, earthquakes, flooding....
February 01, 2023
A "gravity friendly" grand piano, which stood in a chapel, needed to be moved to...

January 2023

January 25, 2023
"What do you think about the wild beasts that were with Christ during his temptations?”...
January 18, 2023
If you assure a deaf person that you willingly make accommodations for individuals with disabilities,...
January 11, 2023
  My brother, who had been staying with us, accepted our invitation to attend our...
January 04, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObFcC2twto&t=3s “A Song to Sing” is about you and me. A song  of our eternal...

December 2022

December 28, 2022
"The game is to have them all running around with fire extinguishers whenever there’s a...
December 21, 2022
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,...
December 14, 2022
I don't really remember my first talk in junior Sunday School. I've been told that...
December 07, 2022
Christmas is a time of lights. Retailers, charities, civic groups, families, and churches display lights...
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