Good news! At first the doctor thought my foot was broken, but the x-rays showed that it is not. There is a lot of swelling in the joint...

Here in Utah it's Pioneer Day which is a state holiday that commemorates the day Brigham Young entered the valley and proclaimed, ...

Yesterday when my son told his three-year-old son that their new baby was going to be a girl, my grandson broke out in tears. He wante...

The phrase “And it came to pass” appears in the Book of Mormon 198 times from the beginning of the book until 2 Nephi 5:30 and then it i...

In 2 Samual 22:33 is one of my favorite verses of scripture, “God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.” Having once be...

Stop for a moment and feel your heart beating. Now notice how your lungs take in air and rhythmically let it back out. Look at the vein...

Photo by Carla Kimball There is a famous passage in Isaiah that you all know: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wa...

As the semester begins I face the task of memorizing over 200 students’ names. I’m not very good at verbatim memorization so this is a daunt...

A friend once told me that when the daily tribulations cause him to be vexed he laughs. He and his wife noticed that weeks, or months down t...

I am more and more amazed at the beauties of Living in Truth. As I’ve explained before, necessary pain is going to come into our lives. That...

Stepping out of our comfort zones to do something new and different is often difficult. Giving a talk in church, teaching a Sunday School l...

The music had ended, but the heart of the young princess still danced with delight as the memories of the beautiful ball swirled within her....

Having some of the grand kids here has brought back a lot of memories of when my own children were young. I’ve watched my daughters and thei...