| We
Are All God’s Children
Growing up in the the Bible Belt helped
forge my love of Christ and an enduring sense of honor and duty.
By Page Johnson
Let
Peace Begin with Me
I’m
convinced that the desert of Iraq is not the battleground where
the Lord would have me focus my energies and my concerns. Will any
peace I create on my internal landscape contribute to peace on earth?
I know peace can only come one heart at a time.
by Darla Isackson
Over
the Hill or Reaching Life’s Mountaintop?
At
his 80th birthday party, beloved teacher Ivan Barrett made quite
an announcement. He said that the work of a reputable research team
has proven that those who have the most birthdays live the longest!
That message came to me poignantly last week when a friend my age
passed away three days before my birthday. I’ve never been bothered
by birthdays, but this one caused me great introspection because
my friend who just turned sixty a few months ago will never see
sixty-one.
by Darla
Isackson
Touching
our Gifts with His Light
Where
are our great writers? Where are our stellar actors and actresses?
Where are our great artists and advertisers? Where are the musicians
who will master what might possibly be the most powerful tool of
communication ever revealed? If our students are going to produce
creative works “whose top shall touch heaven,” they first need to
be inspired. To those who teach, I would offer some suggestions
about what we can do to help inspire the rising generation to greatness.
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Pulling
Handcarts in Virginia
98
youth from the McLean, Virginia Stake push and pull handcarts for
10 miles over rough terrain and ponder the stark realities of pioneer
life.
by
Mark W. Cannon, Page Johnson, and Jim Croft
The
Still Small Voice
If
I were the adversary with all his centuries of practice at tempting
and deceiving, I would surely have learned what works best to thwart
mankind. I suspect I would choose as a primary purpose to distract
people from the guiding, testifying, comforting voice of the Spirit.
by Darla Isackson
The
Wild Ox and Covenant Israel—Israel's
Descendants and Their Latter Day Destiny
Whenever
pictures of LDS temples are shown, usually included is a photograph
of the baptismal font resting on the backs of twelve oxen. Why oxen?
Why not something more aesthetically appealing? Why the number twelve?
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Doing
All We Can Do
When a Loved One Strays
A
reader shares her thoughts about the article, Children
and the "Title of Liberty".
by Darla
Isackson
Can
We Make Sense of Suffering?
"It
is important that we should understand the reasons and causes of
our exposure to the vicissitudes of life and of death, and the designs
and purposes of God in our coming into the world, our sufferings
here, and our departure hence . . . It is a subject we ought to
study . . . If we have any claim on our Heavenly Father for anything,
it is for knowledge on this important subject."—Joseph Smith
by Darla Isackson
Children
and the "Title of Liberty"
One
of the biggest traps, that mothers of grown children particularly
seem to fall into, is the idea that we somehow should have done
better, should have been closer to perfection in our interactions
with our children.
by Darla Isackson
Eyewitness
Account of the Campinas Brazil Temple Dedication
When
the Campinas, Brazil temple was dedicated on May 17, I was there
in the Celestial Room. This article will describe some details of
the event and also try to answer the question: why were we all blubbering
like babies?
by
Geoffrey Biddulph
Winning
the Battle and Not Knowing It
There
is a battle afoot; a great battle pitting the minions of the deceived
against the armies of truth.
by
Justin Hart
Winning
the Battle and Not Knowing It, Part II
This
is the second in a series of articles examining the recent dialogue
between anti-Mormon proponents and Mormon apologists.
by Justin Hart
Winning
the Battle and Not Knowing It, Part III: Let the Dialogue Begin
This
series of articles is intended to inform the reader about recent
trends, books and publications about the dialogue between Evangelicals
and Mormons.
by Justin Hart
Winning
the Battle
and Not Knowing It – Part IV: The New Mormon Challenge Reviewed
This
is the fourth in a series of articles examining the new stance some
evangelicals are taking toward Latter-day Saints and our theology.
by Justin
Hart
Winning
the Battle and Not Knowing It, Part V: Part 2 of the Review
by Justin
Hart
Two
Hard-Earned Lessons
I've
thrown away most of my parenting theories, but I am sure about two
principles.
by Darla Isackson
Two-Hard
Earned Lessons, Part 2: Honoring God's Law of Agency
by
Darla Isackson
Becoming
Whole in Fragments of Time
Feeling
fragmented is a common experience in modern society—but perilous
because it is symptomatic of spiritual sickness, even spiritual
starvation.
by Darla Isackson
Trusting
the Lord's Purposes in Adversity
Much
like a road construction project, our lives often must be torn up
before they can be improved, widened, made more serviceable.
by
Darla Isackson
"Be
Ye Therefore Perfect..."—Handling Obsession with Perfection
Displaying
our humanness does not count against us.
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Part
1
Part 2
Part 3
A
Deeper Dimension of Trust in the Lord: "In the Shadow of Thy Wings"
God
never makes mistakes or errors in judgement, never betrays, abandons,
or lets us down. So why do we often find ourselves struggling through
murky fields of fear rather than staying anchored on the solid rock
of trust?
by Darla Isackson
Baptisms
for the Dead—A Forgotten Record For Finding Early LDS Ancestry
Here's
a clue for filling in some of the blank spaces in your family history.
by
James W. Petty, A.G., C.G.R.S., B.S.
Trust
in the Lord Can Light Up the New Year
"O
Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever."
(2 Nephi 4:34)
by
Darla Isackson
The
Real Story of Christmas
Using
both the Joseph Smith Translation and the Book of Mormon, I have
compiled the real story of Christmas.
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Early
Morning Seminary in Australia
Growing
the Church one alarm clock at a time.
by
Brett Stringer
Symbols
of the Savior at Christmas
At
this time of year are we part of the "inn" crowd or the "stable"
few?
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Turning
the Heart of This Child to The Fathers - A Personal Witness
I
have learned personally that doing genealogy and communicating with
the world of spirits goes hand-in-hand.
by
James W. Petty, A.G., C.G.R.S.
"Agents
Unto Themselves"
What
happens when we pray in all sincerity and do not seem
to get an answer?
by
W. Jeffrey Marsh
Showing
Gratitude
The
Thanksgiving season is always a choice time. Besides the fading
of fall leaves and change in the weather, one can almost feel a
change taking place in society. Like the change in the air, our
thoughts turn to others in an attitude of gratitude.
by W. Jeffrey
Marsh |
