Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Mar 2nd, 2009 Discussion »
I call my shower my revelation chamber.
I cannot tell you how many talks and posts and lessons and essays and parenting practices and journal entries and important discussions have been spiritually created in that small space in my bathroom. While the warm water washes over my tired body every night, my mind and spirit […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Dec 18th, 2008 Discussion »
Once in a while, you read something that sticks, that changes your view on things, that changes your life.
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Oct 7th, 2008 Discussion »
In about four different places this past week, I have been made aware of a video about the Parkers in Massachusetts. Their story is one I have known about for a while, but seeing it on this video impacted me significantly. I wept and literally felt sick to my stomach.
If you are not familiar with […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word, Service, Relief Society on Sep 2nd, 2008 Discussion »
I was blessed to have all four grandparents alive until I had reached my thirties. However, because they were in my life for so long, losing three of them over the years has been hard. “The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.”
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Jun 17th, 2008 Discussion »
If you were to ask me what one of my all-time favorite talks is, the current First Presidency message would be right up there at the top of my list.
This talk has been a foundational talk in our family for years. We have a quote from the talk on our kitchen wall, so I think […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Mar 23rd, 2008 Discussion »
I’m remembering a conversation I had with a friend of mine last year.
She shared with me the joy of her new marriage and how the Lord had brought her and her husband together. After a painfully difficult, but necessary, divorce, she had thought she would not be able to open her heart again. But the […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word, Service, Internet on Mar 6th, 2008 Discussion »
There are two recent talks that have lingered with me and have affected my attitudes about my involvement on the internet. One was Sister Beck’s talk to the Relief Society sisters of the Church, where she quoted President Hinckley (law of witnesses!), who said:
I am convinced there is no other organization anywhere to match the […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Mar 3rd, 2008 Discussion »
I was a wreck last week at church.
We had been informed the week before that our ward boundaries were going to drastically change (they weren’t kidding — we got the news today!) When the announcement came, I felt a peace. It was that peace that says, “This is good and right.” I was glad to […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Jan 9th, 2008 Discussion »
My ward is humongous. Consequently, it’s not often that I have the opportunity to give a talk.
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Nov 27th, 2007 Discussion »
I have spent most of my life driven by guilt. In fact, I have often found myself all but paralyzed by guilt. I have an intense desire to do what is right, and yet I always, always fall short. I resent myself and my fallenness, and consequently fall into despair.
