I just watched this video and I’m still choked up. It made me cry to hear about this girl who wanted to be a cheerleader. She has muscular distrophy. She has a sweet spirit and the other girls on the squad have taken her in and just love her. The school has also embraced her. This is what it is to be a disciple of Christ. It means to love others and to do to them as He would do.  What...

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...

When I was a young girl, I made a decision that I would never put alcohol, tobacco or drugs in my body. It has been a decision that I have stuck to diligently. My Sunday school teacher challenged me at a young age to make this decision, and I am forever grateful for the impact it has made in my life. My life has been changed for the better. My children have a great example to follow. The children...

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...

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....

This new video from The Church of Jesus Christ is about the atonement of Jesus Christ and how it can lift us up and help us to live better. It’s a wonderful little clip and worth watching.

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...