Blessed are the Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”(Matthew 5:9) I will focus on the first part (the characteristic of being a peacemaker) in this post. It is interesting as I...
View ArticleThey Shall Be Called the Children of God
Those who are peacemakers are promised that they will be called the children of God. The following is something I wrote a few years ago about what it really means to be called a child of God: I have...
View ArticleHiking and Life
This was written on September 4, 2012 and originally posted at Happy Meets Crazy, Cheryl’s personal blog. Please note that she refers to her six children by numbers in order to maintain some semblance...
View ArticleFinding Myself
This generation, like many before, is obsessed with claiming self, but what is “self”? How do you know what is you and what is flotsam and jetsam? I see three strands braided together within myself: my...
View ArticleMy Testimony of “The Prince of Peace”
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The...
View ArticleWhy I Write
On a recent vacation to North County San Diego, my family and I visited one of the wards I attended from my formative years. It was also the same ward my wife and I first attended after we were...
View ArticleAgreeing With God
When studying the life of Christ I have pondered if His life and teachings show wether obedience is the goal, or if Obedience is simply a method to achieving the real goal. Jesus was perfectly...
View ArticleGender Roles in the Plan of Salvation
This is a theory, a try at understanding. It is my way of connecting existing truths with new truths within my own mind. I believe in faithful obedience first, through which I gain access to deeper...
View ArticleLook and Live
In the church we talk of ideals often, the paramount good that we’re striving to reach. Ideals are the serpent on the staff which we look to. We look up to see our goal, the image of perfection which...
View ArticleCharity, Women, and Priesthood
This guest post comes from Britt, a mother of 10 currently living in Texas. She loves mountains, beaches, good books and a sense of humor. I struggle with understanding the priesthood and its...
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