Bringing Good Things Together
GETTING BACK TO NATURE We have wandered a long way away from the foods nature provides. Our food has become so processed, manipulated and manufactured it’s hardly recognizable as food; and our bodies certainly don’t recognize it. We are raising …
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ said, “Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do …
In his Sermon on the Mount Christ gives the analogy of the wise and the foolish men. The wise man builds his house upon a rock and the foolish man builds upon the sand. The sand is a shifting foundation …
UNSTRUNG HEROS Recently a school in Scotland determined students were being over-worked and over-burdened with homework. It was decided that no student under the age of 13 would receive homework. Highly motivated, over-achieving parents freaked out. “Our children will fall …
When the Lord placed Adam on earth, He commanded him to take care of the earth. That is a responsibility we have each inherited. The earth provides everything we need, but it is our job to nurture and protect it. …
LAYING IT ON THE ALTAR There is a common story in situation comedies. Susan finds out her friend Janet has run into tough times financially. Janet is not going to be able to pay all of the bills that are …
Three months after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized the Lord commanded Emma Smith to make a selection of sacred hymns for the Church. The Lord said, “For my soul delighteth in the song of the …
Grammy Award winning vocalist Sandy Patty recorded a song by composer Gary Driskell called, “Face to Faith.” The first verse and chorus says: David was small but no giant could take him And Daniel was doomed but there was not …
LIFE’S FOUR CATEGORIES Everything can be put into one of the following four categories: Fact, Truth, Opinion, and Fantasy. The color purple is the most beautiful of all colors. – OPINION If I want it enough, but never practice I …
There is a story in the Book of Mormon of a broken bow, but it turns out to be a story about much more than that. 600 B.C. Lehi has left Jerusalem and taken his family into the wilderness. In …