Working Together to Win: Team-Coach Dedication

Last updated on: April 19, 2023 at 5:33 pm By Abe Mills

As we walked out of the arena after an amazing victory, everyone felt the excitement and satisfaction of hard-won accomplishment. My daughter’s high school wrestling team had just emerged from a year’s incredible effort as the Girls State Champions for the first time in school history! In that golden moment, they proved the power of working together to win; many challenges, including gospel living, require the same relationship. Working Together With Dedication Every time I was around my daughter’s team... Read more

Out of Darkness With God’s Light

Last updated on: April 12, 2023 at 3:38 pm By Hilary Weeks

“I feel it rolling in . . . It feels black as night/stealing all the light.” These words begin my song “Keep Going.” I know what the rolling feels like—and the darkness. Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder. These are familiar words in my immediate and extended family. I don’t know a family within our family that hasn’t been affected by mental health challenges. But we know that God’s light can bring us out of darkness when we trust Him, share our... Read more

What They Could: Significant Small Things

Last updated on: April 5, 2023 at 3:31 pm By Sharon Black

Mary came to Jesus during a meal and anointed His head with spikenard, a “very precious” ointment. Judas called this wasteful. Jesus corrected him: “She hath wrought a good work on me. She hath done what she could.” Mary was anointing Him for burial. She could not stop a single whiplash. But she did what she could, and He accepted her offering with gratitude. Many who loved Him did what they could, showing love and support in meaningful small ways... Read more

You Never Knew Me: Learning From Some Who Knew Christ Well

Last updated on: March 29, 2023 at 12:38 pm By Brad Wilcox

Concluding the Sermon on the Mount, after warning about “corrupt” trees, Christ explained, “Many will say to me . . . hath we not . . . in thy name . . . done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you” (Matthew (7:22-23). His followers knew of His teachings and His miracles. But the Savior wanted more. Reflecting on His teachings and His prophets’ testimonies, we realize that many who have followed Christ (then... Read more

A Bit of Dreaming, Bits of Uncertainty, A Bit of Manipulation

Last updated on: March 22, 2023 at 5:20 pm By Jennifer Platt

Cinderella married the prince. So did Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. They had some ups and downs on the way, but they finally had what they dreamed about. However, some of us seem to have more downs than ups, with some blurred vision on the way; we may have to manipulate a bit until we find our best fit. A Bit of Specific Dreaming My dream was to marry at 19 and have seven children. Marriage and motherhood were... Read more

Insight with Impact: Video Portrayals of Christ

Last updated on: March 15, 2023 at 3:28 pm By John Hilton

As a large group of missionaries in the Missionary Training Center, we watched The Lamb of God together. As I saw the Savior nailed to the cross, the Spirit washed over me and testified to me that what I was seeing really happened. Insight with impact from a strong video portrayal of Christ’s life can inspire and remain as we recall it with gratitude. Experiences with The Testaments Many have received similar manifestations. A woman shared with me her experience... Read more

The Burdens of the Day: Our Savior’s Compassion

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 3:25 pm By Sharon Black

A full day’s work or an hour’s final contribution? Should the wage be the same? A balance-sheet mindset might say that payment must be counted by time or product. But the Savior of the World, who paid the highest price ever paid for the most important ransom, disagreed. In the parable of Laborers in the Vineyard, He taught that people are more important than the burdens, heat, or produce, and all should be treated with compassion. The Burdens of... Read more

Onward Impaired: Dangers in Faulty Vision

Last updated on: March 1, 2023 at 6:17 pm By Abe Mills

It was a small irritation. The windshield wiper on the driver’s side needed attention. I never seemed to find time to fix it, and with small adjustments I could get along. A heavy rainstorm and a tense deadline taught me that getting along may quickly turn to racing onward impaired, with uncertainties and dangers, and reflection has taught me that moving onward impaired spiritually can be even more dangerous. Onward Impaired in Vision When the windshield wiper flew off our... Read more

Choose to Climb: Higher Still

Last updated on: February 22, 2023 at 4:40 pm By Hilary Weeks

Agency, the privilege to make our own choices and determine our own paths, is the gift that God will not take away from us, regardless of what we may do with it. He doesn’t force us to choose anything—not even His love and His way. He invites and guides us to climb higher and higher towards what He wants us to experience and knows we may become. But we must choose to climb—often overcoming fears, struggling past obstacles, and strengthening... Read more

Salt for the Earth: Folks and Followers

Last updated on: February 15, 2023 at 4:16 pm By Brad Wilcox

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Matthew 5:13) Like so many of the Savior’s teachings, this seemingly simple statement, based on an everyday aspect of His people’s lives, is not about salt, but about people. Salt for the earth represents a commandment, a characterization, and a covenant. Salt for... Read more