On Easter morning, I stood in my kitchen making bunny pancakes, squeezing orange juice, and listened to General Conference. Elder Larry Y. Wilson told a powerful and inspiring story about a sailor in his talk, “Take the Holy Spirit as Your Guide.” The Ship in the Storm While you should probably read the story yourself…
Scripture Snapshot: Sister Oscarson “The Needs Before Us”
General Conference is once again coming up in just a few days. Before that happens, I wanted to address a topic that is touched on in a talk from Sister Bonnie Oscarson’s October 2017 conference talk entitled, “The Needs Before Us.”
Scripture Snapshot: “Three Sisters” by President Uchtdorf
On Sunday, I get to lead a discussion in Relief Society about the talk, “Three Sisters” given by President Uchtdorf. So, I know that “technically,” since the change in the First Presidency of the Church, it is probably Elder Uchtdorf rather than “President” but people sometimes call former Bishops from their ward “Bishop so and…
Scripture Snapshot: Elder Ballard “The Trek Continues”
As we start the second year of this new year, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a talk from general conference back in October. I don’t know about you, but I feel like general conference was ages ago now! I guess a lot of things have been going on for me…
Scripture Snapshot: Elder Holland “Be Ye Therefore Perfect—Eventually”
In the October general conference after my book was published, Elder Holland gave a talk entitled, “Be Ye Therefore Perfect—Eventually.” I met with some BYU professors in October after conference, and one of them got excited when he learned that I had sent my book to Elder Holland before this talk. He wondered if perhaps…