Improving Our Time

Following the great Flood, we know of three independent nations that have made covenants with the Lord regarding the land we call...

My life has been greatly enhanced since I became acquainted with these wise words: "For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in...

Just because something has been told doesn't mean it has been taught. Likewise, it's possible to teach without ever telling anything. I...

In my experience learning and sharing the Gospel, a patterned cycle has clearly emerged. This cycle is something of a holy trinity, and...

One of the great latter-day scriptures of the restoration given through Joseph Smith, is when the Lord tells us His purpose. "For behold,...

We have little idea of the impact we can make by our simple obedience to the command to take the gospel into all the world, and preach it...

In the world today, there is no shortage of causes clamoring for attention. Many seek to alleviate or end human suffering. Many seek...

The following is a recording of a talk given in a sacrament meeting in the East Mill Creek Ward, near Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1978. It...

Here is a PDF available for download, containing the Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1-26. As is this website of mine, the Journal is not an...

These two tracks, compilations of quotes from sermons set to music, have blessed me immensely. I found them on a compact disc that had...

What is it about Jesus that shows His mighty power? When did He display His godly strength most clearly? Why do billions believe in Him...

Early in the first Book of Nephi, within The Book of Mormon, we read of a great and important vision, first recorded by Lehi, and later...

Sacrificing Isaac was a test, to prove whether Abraham would obey God at any cost. This test was not to prove Abraham's faith in God to...

What follows is a summary of Jacob, chapter 5, from the Book of Mormon. This allegory, or extended parable, deals with the scattering and...

I wonder if déjà vu is a spiritual experience, like a kind of stretching, up and out of our limited mortal consciousness, allowing a...

I wonder how differently people would think and feel about COVID-19, had it not been in a U.S. presidential election year. ----- In the...

While a missionary, I grew to understand there is but one qualification necessary for someone to receive the Gospel as it is presented by...

Words can be awfully clumsy. Think of it. All we have are words to use when talking about words! It can be difficult to describe things...

While a missionary, I spent a lot of effort trying to convince others to do things I knew would benefit them. Many times this convincing...

Of all ancient Judah, Josiah is my favorite king. He grew up among abominable idolatry and began to reign at eight years of age. His work...