Improving Our Time

Be sure to read: The Year of the Heart, Part One The Year of the Heart, Part Two

A stocky man in sweaty green scrubs sits ponderously down on the brightly colored vinyl bench across from my wife and me. His entry is...

I once took an elective course dealing with the history and current condition of Jerusalem, as it figures into the traditions and beliefs...

On September 20, 2011, I traveled from Orange County, California, where I had labored as a full-time missionary among the people within...

I attended a traveling exhibit of artifacts and stories from the Holocaust, told from the perspective of the Polish town of Oświęcim,...

I love looking up into a dark cloudless sky. I have many fond memories of time spent pondering the heavens. From an early age, I've...

While serving as a missionary in California, I received a text message relaying that someone in my area of labor had requested a visit or...

In my family, we enjoy a meal of symbolic foods to remember the history of the Passover, while focusing on the Last Supper. It gives us a...

O distance! Futile enemy thou art. A seed hidden deep in fruit unapproved first warranted thine unwelcome intercession Betwixt fancy,...

May 7, 2017. I awake around 1:00 AM to a crying child. I recognize the little voice, and roll over to see if my wife, Kristen, will be...