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.
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Sep 20th, 2007 Discussion »
I recently went through a difficult spiritual slump. This type of struggle has been an on-and-off thing for me for much of my life. Although I have a burning testimony of the gospel, I sometimes slip into a mode where guilt, frustration, and inadequacy overwhelm whatever peace the gospel usually brings me.
Posted in Feast Upon the Word, Service, Relief Society on Aug 15th, 2007 Discussion »
When you ask that question, do you listen to the answer?
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Jul 27th, 2007 Discussion »
Warning! Spoilers follow! If you haven’t finished Harry Potter 7 and want no information about it, stop reading now. You have been warned.
“God knows what we do not know and sees what we do not see.”
(President Howard W. Hunter, Ensign, Nov. 1987, 60.)
Perhaps you are already tired of people talking and writing […]
Posted in Feast Upon the Word, Education, Marriage on Jun 21st, 2007 Discussion »
I have had the opportunity and blessing to associate with many young women at the prime of their lives. They are full of excitement for life, excitement for the future, and love for the gospel. I love talking with these young women about what Elder Hales recently referred to as “the decade of decision.”
Posted in Feast Upon the Word on Jun 15th, 2007 Discussion »
For several years before he passed away, Grandpa was a sealer in the temple. I had the wonderful blessing of having him perform my sealing. I also was able to arrange for him to seal some good friends of ours who had been married for decades were ready to make their marriage eternal. I was […]
