As members of the Church we all get new callings. Here are posts to help us learn how to do things at church.
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I have come to believe that any of us can be spiritually as worthy as any Apostle. I used to think such a belief was presumptuous and arrogant, as though apostles had some corner on the market for spirituality. I [...]
Today's society is governed by an addiction to offense, an ease in criticizing others, and a tendency to dismiss other's opinions or feelings in favor of our personal point of view. Even writing this last sentence filled me with visions [...]
As the Church becomes more comfortable with the concept of ministering, our imaginations can still run amok. This is a higher, holier way to serve, but are many of us tossing out that which is sacred and needed in our [...]
The act of writing something down on paper can be called by various names. We can refer to writing in a diary, or we can talk about taking notes, recording impressions, journaling, or any number of other designations. No matter [...]
I was the organist at a funeral I attended recently. As I sat there looking over the music I was to play next, I only half heard what the current speaker was saying. I don't know what he said, but [...]
As we prepare for General Conference, let's consider one way in which the Lord requires us to learn, through hunger. There is physical hunger, and that can teach us its own set of lessons, and then there is spiritual hunger, [...]
I'm going out on a limb here and guessing there haven't been very many of us who haven't had a tough time reading the scriptures at some point in our lives. Someone was asking for help with this problem on [...]
There seems to be some confusion in the minds of some members of the Church as to the reason we pray in the name of Jesus. They don't seem to have a problem with doing it, but I get the [...]
I recently asked the readers of my newsletter to respond and let me know what kinds of things I could address that would be helpful to them. One person responded with a concern that it was difficult to make prayers [...]