There are some men and women in whose company we are at our best, they seem to elevate our souls. There is a story that I am sure I’ve told before but it is worth repeating: An old farmer had a work horse he plowed his fields with and used for all his work. Every…
Tag: Faith
On Creeds of Religion and the Meaning of “Father”
Father connotes a loving, protecting figure, kind and caring and one who is easily recognized by His children. But both the Father and His son Jesus Christ have gotten a little irritated with us from time to time. In Luke 9:44, The Lord rebuked his disciples for not exercising faith sufficient to cast out an…
On Failing to Do Our Duty
Some years ago, when I was a very young man, I was called by our Ward Bishop to serve as the Deacon Quorum Advisor. As is the norm, when a person is called by church leadership, local, stake or by some other authorized church leader, they almost always respond in an affirmative way. And so…
On Separating the Things of Earth From the Things of Heaven
I remember a story (joke) I heard many years ago. “It seems there was a very rich man who had been diagnosed with a terminal disease. As he lay on his bed close to death he called for his wife. He instructed her to go down to the bank and withdraw all of his money…
On Establishment of Religious Liberty
Harry Emerson Fosdick once said that: “A constructive faith is the supreme organizer of life.” Faith, in certain organized religions, is not always constructive nor is it always an organizing influence. In this great country it was not easy, in fact, it was a very difficult struggle to separate church and state by eliminating mandatory…
On The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley
The story below is of a young lady, praised for her brilliance, but who suffered and died in the midst of the uncaring. She, a teen prodigy, rose from American slavery. The teenage prodigy poet, Phillis Wheatley’s story is one of hope, faith, and perseverance, despite living as a slave in 18th-century America. Glenn T….
On The Priesthood and the World
The Priesthood is the authority of God delegated to man to act for Him in saving or in the salvation of men. It is a principal of power, of intelligence through which divine work and purposes are achieved. The Priesthood is not just for use on the earth but the Priesthood is an everlasting principal and…
On Confidence
Every child born to this earth is born with physical, cognitive and social restrictions because of his infant state. But there is a spirit inside that child that tries, from the very beginning, to cast off his restrictions, as he is able to break away from the things that bind. Each utterance and each forward…
On Ordinary People
This thought came from a pamphlet by Reverend Frank S. Morley, Ph.D. a Presbyterian. The pamphlet was written in November of 1954 and was a presentation at the Grace Presbyterian Church in Calgary, Canada. The presentation was named “What we can Learn from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (Commonly called the…
On Angels
I have written about Angels before but usually the ones that come back to earth as messengers to reveal new information to a prophet of God. This message is about all angels, even earthly angels, angels that live all around us, and there are many of them. There are many of us who have become…