Friday, August 18, 2023

Lucy Thomas

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Last night as I was preparing to help my dad with a presentation for  Fathom the Good , we met a beautiful young lady named Lucy who reminde...
Monday, May 15, 2023

The Gospel of Intelligence and Culture

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Orson F. Whitney "Wake up! ye sons and daughters of God! Trim your lamps and go forth to meet your distiny [sic]. A world awaits you: r...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The "Socrates" Song

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My dad's brother Denny is a very talented musician . His latest song, "Socrates" , is a good one.
Friday, March 10, 2023

The Kry

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The Kry For many years I have searched for the name of a band whose songs my friend introduced to me without telling me the name of the band...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The Velveteen Rabbit

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Do you remember the children's book The Velveteen Rabbit ? I had forgotten all about it until I read this fascinating article . My aunt ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

We Bore Their Teaching Within Us

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Marcel Proust “All that can be said is that everything in our life happens as though we entered upon it with a load of obligations contracte...
Friday, February 11, 2022

The Boat

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The Boat I owned a little boat a while ago. And sailed the morning sea without a fear. And whither any breeze might fairly blow I steered my...

Whom Have You Tried to Bless Today?

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Living What We Pray For I knelt to pray when day was done And prayed, “O Lord, bless everyone; Lift from each saddened heart the pain, And l...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

First-Class Fighting Trim

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C.S. Lewis "Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it....
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Deep and Unmet Needs

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Spencer W. Kimball "Jesus saw sin as wrong but also was able to see sin as springing from deep and unmet needs on the part of the sinne...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Ships, Like Men, Respond to Challenge

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James A. Michener "A ship, like a human being, moves best when it is slightly athwart the wind, when it has to keep its sails tight and...
Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Turn Their Lives Over to God

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President Ezra Taft Benson "Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Quiet Down, Cobwebs

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Song for a Fifth Child Mother, oh mother, come shake out your cloth! Empty the dustpan, poison the moth, Hang out the washing and butter the...
Saturday, January 1, 2022

He Is Building a Palace

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C.S. Lewis "Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is do...

The Distance Narrows

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Spencer W. Kimball “I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no...

Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Poem

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Mortality By William Knox Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud A flash of the lig...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

How to Live in Eternity

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Brigham Young "What is the nature and beauty of Joseph's mission? You know that I am one of his Apostles. When I first heard him pr...
Monday, July 12, 2021

An Interview with the Savior Himself

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President David O. McKay In 1965, President David O. McKay made the following statement to a group of Church employees:  Let me assure you, ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

Far Too Easily Pleased

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C.S. Lewis “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with dr...
Friday, April 9, 2021

We Find Them But Once in a While

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WORTH WHILE It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

Get Up and Win that Race

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" The Race " “Quit!” “Give up, you’re beaten,” they shout and plead there’s just too much against you now, this time you can’t suc...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

Show Him the Better Way

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"The Upward Reach" He stood at the crossroads all alone, The sunlight in his face. He had no thought for the world unknown— He was...
Monday, January 11, 2021

The Oyster

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The Oyster There once was an oyster whose story I'll tell -- Who found that some sand had slipped under his shell. Just one little grain...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Audrey Assad

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Audrey Assad Audrey Assad sings beautifully . Here are a few of my favorites: "Help My Unbelief" "Be Thou My Visi...

Flowing Forth in Its Own Native Simplicity

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The Prophet Joseph Smith “His [Joseph Smith's] language [abounded] in original eloquence peculiar to himself—not polished—not stu...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

You Can Sing This Song When I'm Gone

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James Taylor: Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon Like many of his songs, James Taylor's "You Can Close Your Eyes" is...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Refuge from the Storm

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Since recent events (general conference, coronavirus, earthquakes, erupting volcanos, storms, etc.) have reminded some people that w...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

Come, Let Us Read

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Books are keys to wisdom’s treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are fri...
Monday, April 6, 2020

If Your Lips Would Keep from Slips

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If you your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how and when an...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Within my Bosom Glows Unearthly Fire

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John Milton Milton’s Prayer of Patience By: Elizabeth (Lloyd) Howell I am old and blind! Men point at me as smitten by God’s frown; ...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred?

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The Trial Scene, 'The Merchant of Venice', Act IV, Scene 1. Oil on canvas. Robert Smirke © RSC Theatre Collection A Few Favo...