Owning the Truth About My Childhood: “. . . having been born of goodly parents, . . .” Before I began to get rigorously honest about my very challenging childhood and allowed myself to grieve the deficits and losses I experienced in it, I was “put off” by Nephi from the second he introduced himself […]
Awakening to a Serious Study of the Book of Mormon, Pt3
Slowing Down and Finding So Much to Ponder In Just One Verse So it is that, in all humility, I would like to share here, the richness and depth of five personal applications/insights that the Lord opened to me in just the very first verse of the Book of Mormon—1 Nephi 1:1 and convinced me […]
Awakening to a Serious Study of the Book of Mormon (pt 2)
Finding the Headlines, Applying Them to My Own Story One day, as I was correlating the teachings of the Book of Mormon with the principles in the Twelve Step program of recovery, checking the steps against the most correct book ever written, with the hope growing in my heart that there could someday be an […]
Awakening to a Serious Study of the Book of Mormon (pt 1)
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 […]
Your Life Deserves a Record
“ Latter-day Saint men and women”. . . must be men and women who weigh matters in their minds, men and women who consider carefully their course of life and the principles that they have espoused.” (Joseph F. Smith RS/PH manual, p. v.) I know of no greater tool for accomplishing this process of weighing […]
Hearing Love’s Voice
Did I not speak peace unto your mind concerning the matter. What greater witness can you have than from God. –D&C 6:23 It is my testimony that if you do according to the Prophet Joseph’s invitation and “practice the principle of revelation” (1),you may learn to recognize when the words you are reading or writing […]
Trusting the Testimony of Christ
Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men; For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say. (D&C 100:5-6) As I was […]
Telling Myself the Truth
For me, there’s no better way to promote a clear, sane mind than writing prayerful, scripture-guided morning pages. Nothing. Whether you type them or hand-write them. I find that most mornings, handwriting my morning pages works well for me. It feels good to scrawl across the page in whatever mood my whole soul (body and […]
Writing Through a Block
I’m so on fire about my memoir project. It’s a big one–wanting to write a series of from 5 to 8 books tracking God’s amazing gift to me of my life story, now that I can see it through His compassionate eyes. This morning, when I started, though, I couldn’t get past a block, past […]
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