Daring Greatly
A good, clean debate can strengthen understanding. An argument leaves you feeling sick inside.
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Sunday Mornings
With total understanding of what the gospel of Christ is really about she replied, “Church isn’t for perfect people, church is for everybody.”
Walking My Father’s Fields-Kindle Pre-Order
“I knew when I went home that day that I wanted to be a writer. I knew that I wanted to be the one who wove the magic into the words and reached into another person’s heart to touch it with emotion.”
Better Times
It’s good to remember, when the “right now” looks impossible or insurmountable, that there have been better days and there will be better days, and I will get through them and still have these snapshots of the best moments of my life during what feels to be the worst days of my life.
Of Hailstones and Harvest
Nothing of our hard work remained.
Ezekiel and William stood side by side in front of me. I couldn’t see their faces, but I could hear the heartbreak in Ezekiel’s voice when he finally turned to William, tears in his eyes and asked, “Why dad? Why did God let our garden get destroyed? We worked so hard on it, why did he let this happen?”
Pillar of Salt
All things break.
It is the law of the earth that the grandest mountains eventually come to dust and the sweetest of dreams-come-true make their way to memories.
It is the law of Heaven that we come to understand why.
To understand that joy is born in the breaking.
Brother Tingey’s Christmas Memory
I had forgotten Brother Tingey, his kindness, his generosity, his strength of spirit; Brother Tingey had forgotten himself, his wife, their life together, and his family; but there was someone who had never forgotten him. Through the simplicity of a song and the imperfect voices of a group of teenage girls Brother Tingey was reminded that he was still a Child of God.
Not Everyone is Educated
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