Today was fast and testimony meeting at church, which is like open mic.  It was such an inspiring, spiritual meeting and my tears were close a few times.  I didn’t take the chance to bear my testimony at church, so I thought I’d bear it online to you. I used to think that I knew God lived and that I couldn’t be more sure about it.  But, then something would happen and I’d...

I had to give a talk today in church about applying moral principals in our daily lives, so I thought I would share a bit of what I talked about here.  Living a good life every day takes determination and a commitment to do what’s right as well as not to do what’s wrong.  There are many opportunities to follow the spirit that seem small, but may still make a difference in someone’s...

We have just had a chance to teach our children this lesson. We have expectations about what kinds of things we will allow in our home. We have made a decision to serve The Lord and to obey his commandments. This video explains my feelings about serving The Lord. Each day, I try to know what He would have me do to help build up His Kingdom here on the earth. I know that no matter how difficult...

This video made me cry.  Of course, that’s not very hard to do, but it’s a great reminder from this precious little girl of how we need to be centered on Christ this Christmas season.  She’s really a cute little girl, too.  Just watch it.  You’ll understand what I mean.

We are commanded to keep the Sabbath day holy, but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will never give an all inclusive list of what that means.   We are given a bit of direction, such as rest from your labors and don’t go to the store on Sundays.  The rest is up to us to work out by personal revelation.  We should study it out in our minds and ask whether we are on the right...

This week, I was asked to give a lesson in Relief Society, which is the group of women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who dedicate their lives to serving with charity.  Anyhow, the lesson was on receiving spiritual guidance.  I learned so much while I was preparing for the lesson, that I thought it would be a good thing to share here as well.  The lesson was taken from a talk...

There has been a recent surge in the amount of people interested in doing genealogy, or finding their roots.  There are so many tools available that weren’t even around a few years back. For instance, the internet is more advanced than it used to be.  Not only are more and more people posting their family trees, there is now more interactive software that can instantly alert people of the work...

What kind of Mormon clothing is worn in the temple? Members of The Church of Jesus Christ wear their best clothing to go to the temples, as they do when they attend church on Sunday. Once inside, they exchange their clothing for white clothing of the temple. This is such a wonderful thing to see everyone dressed in white. It takes away all the differences in class that exist outside the temple....

Today and tomorrow, I will be watching the October 2009 General Conference.    Many people watch this over the television, or by streaming conference from the official LDS website at www.lds.org.   There are also archives available if you miss the live streaming broadcast.  The conference goes today at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Mountain Standard time and also tomorrow at 10:00 and 2:00.  Don’t...

My family dynamics have recently changed dramatically. My three sons have gone to live with their father. This was a very difficult time in my life. I had anticipated that it would be very hard to see them leave, but I had no idea what depths of grief I would experience. My heart aches and longs for them, but I know that they want to live there and I don’t want to stand in their way. When...