The title of this post might sound like a PSA about distracted driving. A worthy topic, however, this post is about things of more eternal s...

Note:  It is so easy to get wrapped up in criticism and philosophizing about lifestyles and choices and culture and doctrine and ... well, y...

I was trying to think of a way to make that title a little shorter but I kept coming up empty. I arranged this for our senior primary (and...

I was looking through my memories on Facebook (I will honestly admit that the "On this day" feature is one of my favorite parts of...

I had a conversation with my teenage daughter about the law of consecration and the United Order. Before I describe the conversation to yo...

The question "Why is this happening to me?" can be a soul expanding question when we ask it in humility and learn what God wants u...

"Sometimes we sleepwalk on the path of discipleship."   - Pres. Uchtdorf   Saturday AM Session General Conference October...

Sometimes, when studying the gospel, I get bored of the topics I am studying. Particularly at church in Sunday School and sometimes in Relie...

Image Credit: LDS Media Library General Conference this weekend was exactly what I needed, exactly when I needed it. Elder Ronald A. ...

Image Credit: peasap ( I found this draft languishing on my blog dashboard and felt it needed to see the light. I wrote this about a yea...

Note:  I wrote and gave this talk a year ago on Sunday, April 20, 2014. A sister in my ward asked me for a copy, and I kept putting off typi...

In conversations about the temple, particularly first temple experiences, at least one person mentions how awkward or strange they found the...

I have posted before about inoculation - the idea of exposing members of the church to all of the possibly critical positions people might h...

When teacher in-service started a few weeks ago I felt a sudden panic. I had so much to do, and so little time. Between six kids and a hus...

You would probably never peg me as an "overprotective" mom. I don't keep my kids in a bubble, and I don't keep them out of...