There is a power in the [Book of Mormon] which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and […]
Feelings You Can’t Choose Your Way Out Of
So many people tell us that we can just choose or will-power our way out of negative feelings. That may be true for some, but I have to admit that I have experienced feelings that persisted no matter how hard I tried to not “choose” them, or that returned the instant I stopped whatever I […]
When No Offense Is Meant
Good morning! Hope you are having an insight-full day. In other words, hope the light is as bright and clear inside as it is outside on this cloudless summer morning. As I posted a few days ago, I’ve been reviewing my journal entries of 2002. Doing this review work is by far the most exciting […]
Writing Prayerfully Every Day
I attended the Heart-t-Heart online meeting this morning, and as always was so blessed by the experience. Here’s what I shared about the tool (gift) of writing: Hi, Colleen here in beautiful Cache Valley, UT. I would like to share on the tool of writing and how it has become such a tool of sanity […]
In Christ All is Well
The Savior’s invitation to come unto Him as we are–weary and heavy laden, is repeated over and over in the all the scriptures. Still, the Book of Mormon goes further than invite us. The life stories of prophet after prophet model what it means, what it looks like, sounds like, feels like to “come unto […]
Why Do I Resist?
1 Nephi 17:41 “He prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look, and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished.” As I was working on the manuscript for Patterns of Light, Step 7, this […]
Beyond Food Addiction
In 1991 I wrote a book entitled He Did Deliver Me from Bondage.* I originally wrote it with the intention (assignment from the Spirit of the Lord) to demonstrate how the principles in the Twelve Steps could be used to bring a person, one step at a time, down into the depths of humility and […]
My Covenant with Christ
The Father having raised me up unto you first, and sent me to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities; and this because ye are children of the covenant— (3 Nephi 20:26) I have seen so many people suffering from addiction who feel like they must be the scum of […]
Running from Pillar to Post
But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. (1 Nephi 1:20) To make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. Do those words pull at […]
Visited of the Lord
Wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart. (1 Nephi 2:16) When I first joined the Church, I was taught to pray very formally, to show a respectful attitude toward the Lord. While respect is certainly deserved, and formal prayer has it’s place, I had […]