While we cheerfully acknowledge our cultural quirks, we never actually criticize our faith itself. The people are one thing, t...
Mothers are all members of an artists’ colony. They may not realize it, but the second they begin to parent, they are making...
“How’s your love life?” “So who are you dating?” “When you going to get married?" These long dreaded and inappropr...
We’ve all wondered what heaven will be like. There are several different ideas on what it will be like. But one thing is con...
I wondered what housewarming gift I should take with me. As I was pondering what might be the perfect present, I felt a prompti...
No one slips below God’s radar, no one is exempt from the atoning sacrifice of the Savior. Loved, cherished, hoped for— ev...
Have you ever considered consecrating your trials unto the Lord and turning them into a thing of beauty? Here's how!...
What has to happen for you to miss Sacrament Meeting? Is it something as small as a rock in your shoe, or do meteors have to h...
What do balloons, the Book of Mormon, the heart of a missionary, and the Wizard of Oz have in common? ...
Are you truly a Mormon? Or have your devoted yourself to the Church of the PTA, or St. Sporting Goods Church of Fun and Recreat...
Are you a wobbly-armed deacon? Or have you mastered the Parson's Grip?...
The snap judgment. We’ve all done it. We see a person, take in their appearance and body language, size them up and draw co...
A devoted book club can be one of life's most enjoyable simple pleasures. Here are a few ideas on how to get a book club going ...
President Benson told us to "flood the earth" with the Book of Mormon. Have we done that? Is it a river? Is it even a fire ho...
With all the turmoil and suffering around this world, do some people really think God takes a break from all that, puts his fee...
I am not actually comparing my father to Satan. But there is a metaphor in the way my father fished to how Satan picks and choo...
Tiny white lace bonnets, a blanket crocheted by a grandmother, a filmy gown; we all smile as we picture it. But it’s more tha...
When did we become a superstitious lot of people who get caught up in predictions, routines, numbers, and habits made up by peo...
There's just something about happily married Mormon women. They can't help themselves. They want to help everyone find an etern...
Do you bring warmth and light to a room? Or do you leave a chill in the air? We all have the ability to impact the mood of a ro...
I like to write out my gift list, and check it twice! But I am ashamed to admit I left someone off my list each year. I left o...
Have you ever had so many problems and trials at one time, that when you pray you actually forget to enlist the Lord’s help w...
You’ve heard of the Mormon Moment? This is the Sister Missionary Moment. Or, as a nonmember friend of mine termed it, “Mi...
In tough situations, we often ask ourselves, “What would Jesus Do?” This timeless question is a good one to pose anytime we...
Every time I go to a funeral I hear fabulous things about the dearly departed and I think, “Boy, wouldn’t he or she love to...
Prophets guide, warn, and inspire us in countless other ways that help us live a life of spiritual abundance and joy. They spe...
Who cheers when you make a decision? The Lord? Or Lucifer? ...
If you read this title and thought, “No; I just always happen to be right,” you need this article. I used to be one of them...
There are two kinds of people in this world- those who delight in conflict and tension, who seek it and create it, and those wh...
I knocked on the door of a young man, his girlfriend, and their baby. He rolled his eyes, and said, “Yep, that’s my mom up...
I’ve always told my kids, when they choose a mate, to pick someone who’s already a good home teacher or visiting teacher....
A darling sister in my ward says that most endeavors in any ward are done by the Same Ten People—the STPs. And, sure enough,...
What if the Penn State pedophile tragedy was repeated at one of our church’s universities? A lesson from Penn State might be...
Most of our youth leaders are centered on the gospel, creative in finding ways to bring every youth unto Christ. They deserve o...
When it comes to naming a child, no two people will ever agree on the same list of names. What one thinks is fabulous their sp...
The fridge may seem an unlikely source of wisdom, but it’s certainly an altar at which we all pay regular respect, so here is...
We measure our social standing, and even our very happiness, by how lucky we’ve been accumulating life’s favors, as if this...
If we want strong marriages we have to get back on track. We have to see the celebrity crush as a tool of Satan’s to slowly ...
After working for years with less active women, I honestly believe most are “Kates” who feel intimidated by all the “perf...
One study shows that about one-fourth of employees admit to playing video games at work. Time spent playing games is consumes l...
When I was the Gospel Doctrine teacher, I drew a giant bell curve on the chalkboard. I drew tiny vertical hash marks along the...
I used to joke that the Bishop’s Storehouse is actually a giant warehouse filled with bishops sitting on shelves, where disgr...
Long, long ago, in a Sunday School class far, far away, a word came up. The word was “vainglorious” and the teacher asked ...
One of the great myths of the world is that we live in a melting pot....
Our standard works are filled with drama, excitement, glory, and tragedy. But when we focus on the entertainment value we lose ...
Patience- this is not my favorite topic—okay, it’s my least favorite topic because I am painfully aware that, while I have ...
Herewith is a list of just 20 ways to ensure that your children will gather sheep, not lose them....
There I was, right in the middle of an intersection when my power steering went out. They say you have a great sense of humor i...
Why in Lehi’s vision was God’s greatest gift to us portrayed as fruit? Why not beautiful vistas or sunsets or mountains?...
When my neighbor complained that the Book of Mormon repeats itself, I answered, “Isn’t that cool?” Here’s the surprisi...
Alone doesn’t have to be lonely....
In the familiar Christmas song, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” kids everywhere are urged to shape up, stop crying, and st...
Breaking bread together goes a long way to dissolve racial and ethnic barriers....
We’re always on the look-out for the ideal gift, aren’t we? I have the perfect one, though wrapping it might be a bit tric...
The battle with Satan is a whole lot tougher than Navy SEAL training, and it’s a battle every one of us can win....
In a world where young adults are drifting from religion, what’s the secret holding the Latter-day Saint youth?...
When you need parenting advice, you often go to others your age who also have no idea what to do, and no experience whatsoever ...
Honesty is the best policy and we should never fudge the truth, right? Well here are a dozen times when other values might tru...
Do we have the attention span of five-year-olds when learning spiritual things?...
You'd be surprised to learn that kidnap movies have something to do with gospel and Satan's tactics....
They say holding a grudge is like taking poison and hoping the other person will die...
Bob Hilton hosted a couple of national network shows (“Truth or Consequences” and “Let’s Make a Deal”) and has announ...
Every week my friend made two loaves of bread. She kept one for her own family, and then knelt down and prayed, “Heavenly Fa...
Here are a dozen ways to frustrate the adversary and sneak a powerful new habit into your schedule. ...
“All Happiness Depends on Your Ability to Adjust to Plan B.”...
It is tempting, sometimes, to think God has forgotten about us....
These three words encompass an entire way of looking at things....
If you were sitting in church and a member suddenly stumbled in, clutching his chest, and shouted, “I’ve been shot!” what...
Is it a coincidence that the same traits we need to cultivate the ground are the same traits we need to save our ancestors? Or...
I’d love our boys to go off with their dads doing something that really focuses on service, and underlines the power of the P...
I have a friend who thinks that General Conference is just the same old thing over and over again....
You’ve never heard the “12 Days of Christmas” like this before!...
Our final breath can come at any second, as sudden as a phone call, as quick as a camera’s flash. And what will we be wearin...
I'm watching TV with my 19-year-old son the other day, and gasp at the promos for upcoming network shows, every one of which lo...
I never met the man, but you could say I owe him my life. He was a football player at Arizona State University in the mid-1950s...
I for one, find the difficulty of getting into Utah somewhere along the lines of storming the Bastille, or bursting into Buckin...
Spare your children the lessons of hard work and we will have a crippled society of lazy, whiny people who dread even the small...
Who has more babies than Mormons or Catholics? Nobody, right? So you'd think we'd have learned a few lessons by now. But no. In...
Sooner or later every one of us in the Church is going to be called to be a teacher....
The stake Chocolate Challenge was even better than a trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania....
The trouble with being a "lifer" in the Church is that you get complacent and you think that just because you've always known a...
Improvement is a good thing, right? So why do so few Latter-day Saints jump on the New Years' Resolutions bandwagon?...
Am I the only LDS woman in the world who dreads having to buy a greeting card? If we're going to send cards this often, we nee...
Joni imagines what great callings would be Al Pacino, Celine Dion, Meryl Streep and more....
Sometimes we feel so desperate in our need that we try to make a deal with our Father in Heaven. It isn't much different than ...
What is this worldwide obsession with having fun? Why are we then surprised when our teenagers seem reluctant to work hard, slo...
We're human. Hobbies and interests aren't inherently bad by any means, it's just that they sometimes fill our lives so full tha...
The less time you spend cleaning, the more time you can lavish on those you love. Why not shave minutes off every task you tac...
Some time ago a sister in Relief Society shared that she absolutely cringes every time she hears the song, I Am a Child of God ...
