All Hands on Deck

“In these perilous times, as our youth are faced with this increased adversity, we can learn from others. In the armed forces, particularly in all the navies throughout the world, every seaman understands one phrase that is a clarion call for immediate help, no matter what he is doing or where he is on the [...]

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Choose This Day – Eyring

(How to Download Video – Direct Video URL = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cw8I8eukaI) There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is “not this day.” The thought “Someday I will” can be a thief of the opportunities of time and the blessings of eternity. Even the Savior, who was without sin, set an example [...]

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Prison-Temple Experience

“Most of us, most of the time, speak of the facility at Liberty as a “jail” or a “prison”—and certainly it was that. But Elder Brigham H. Roberts of the First Council of the Seventy, in recording the history of the Church, spoke of the facility as a temple, or, more accurately, a “prison-temple.”  Elder [...]

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The Parable of the Unwise Bee

Elder James E. Talmage of the Quorum of the Twelve told of an experience he had in a secluded room where he often went to write: “A wild bee from the neighboring hills once flew into the room, and at intervals during an hour or more I caught the pleasing hum of its flight. The [...]

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Secular & Spiritual Learning

Henry B. Eyring, “Real-Life Education,” NewEra, Apr 2009, 2–8  “It is clear that putting spiritual learning first does not relieve us from learning secular things.  On the contrary, it gives our secular learning purpose and motivates us to work harder at it.  If we will keep spiritual learning in its proper place, we will have to make some hard choices of [...]

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General Conference & Kids

The Family:A Proclamation to the World The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalm 127:3). Parents have a sacred [...]

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Live Within Your Means

It is hardly news today to hear of the stock market going up or down several hundred points.  Thousands are out of jobs and struggling, which leads to financial turmoil in society and even more so in families around the world.  But there is hope in the gospel.  Here is a great quote! “If there [...]

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Serving Cheerfully and Gratefully

Marvin J. Ashton, “We Serve That Which We Love,” Ensign, May 1981, 22 Some callings and assignments in the Church may seem insignificant and unimportant at the time, but with each willingly fulfilled assignment, love of the Lord will grow. We learn to love God as we serve and know Him. Currently I serve as the [...]

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Work and more Work!

Nearly 100 years after the early pioneers entered the valley, a severe economic depression was impacting the world and unemployment was very high. The First Presidency organized a welfare program for the Church. As he introduced the basic principles of Church Welfare President HeberJ. Grant said: “Our primary purpose was to set up, in so [...]

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Spiritual vs. Secular Learning

Elder SpencerW. Kimball, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “Youth, beloved youth, can you see why we must let spiritual training take first place?—Why we must pray with faith, and perfect our own lives like the Savior’s? Can you see that the spiritual knowledge may be complemented with the secular [...]

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