What can one say about the Savior that hasn’t already been said many times? The only thing a person can say is what they personally feel about Him without any concern for what others may have expressed. The way one feels about the Savior is hard for most of us to describe or share publicly,…
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On The Doctrine of The Plan of Salvation
Family history, in its broader sense, may be correctly referred to as a mystery of the Gospel. Why? Because the doctrine is not simple, nor is it found all in one place, a place where just anyone can become easily acquainted with it in its entirety. You might say that most of the doctrine that…
On Becoming Educated
I was born in February of 1934, and when I was a young boy, school started for all youth at age six. Kindergarten was not available in those days, at least not where I lived in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. I can remember the year (1939) before I was to start school. My three older siblings…
On Why Cruelty is Allowed
Thou shalt not kill!” is commanded by God, and yet the world is replete with murder at the hands of cruel beings, those who have the very same designation as we “human beings.” I believe most all religious sects have a similar doctrine describing the sanctity of life. So, if life is sacred, why is…
On Death-“If A Man Die”
I remember reading a book years ago written by Gordon T. Allred, a Professor of Literature and a fellow educator at the university I spent thirty years serving. The name of the book was “If a Man Die.” It was a very thought provoking book and it, for the first time in my life, made…
On The Rod
There are many instances in the scriptures where dreams have provided direction or instruction to God’s children. Jacob’s dream of the ladder reaching to Heaven, Joseph’s interpretation of the Pharaohs dream of the famine in Egypt, Peter’s dream of the equality of men, etc. One of the greatest dreams was dreamed by Lehi in the…
On Aura II
In a May 2011 Washington Post article titled, “Is this really a ‘Mormon moment?’” by Michael Otterson, who is the Head of Public Affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stated: “In my line of work, I get to read what a lot of people say about my church. Every day, news media reports…
On Malice
Malice is a word that isn’t used very often in every day conversation, unless you are a lawyer. But it means the intent to do harm to another and/or to commit an unlawful act. Probably every person who has ever lived has experienced the emotion of malice. Not, necessarily, the kind that would cause you…
On Remembering
Sometimes it is difficult to squeeze information out of young people, such as my grandson serving a mission in Swaziland, South Africa. When the family is successful in doing so, often what does come out is pure wisdom. Because of the few words that were written home at the very beginning of his mission, my…
On Conscience
We are all born with the Light of Christ and that provides the foundation for one’s conscience. The scriptures tell us that among many other things the Light of Christ is also; “the light that quickeneth” man’s understanding.” (D&C 88:6–13, 41)and in this manner it “is related to man’s conscience and tells him right from…