Category Archives: Christ
I'm not going to lie. I'm not even going to sugar-coat things. This year has been tough all around. Grueling, in fact. In an effort not to bore you with all the details, let's just say that some of our rough edges were knocked off and personal Gesthemanes were conquered in 2011. Hav ...
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I love the Book of Mormon. It has brought an abundance of happiness, peace, joy and love into our home. When I read it, my children's ears perk up, my heart becomes soft and teachable, and it often moves me to do and be more than I would on my own. Impossible things become manageable, frust ...
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"...We spend so much time and energy comparing ourselves to others—usually comparing our weaknesses to their strengths. This drives us to create expectations for ourselves that are impossible to meet. As a result, we never celebrate our good efforts because they seem to be less than what someon ...
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My therapist once quoted Scott Fitzgerald to me when he said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time." This amazing revelation has held sway with me on many occasions since that time, particularly when trying to understand another ...
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“The abundance of life, the fullness of purpose and meaning, are to be found in virtue—virtue that reflects and reaches for the godly virtue of the Savior Himself. For us, then, virtue is not simply a feature of a good life, subject to the vicissitudes of culture and shifting desires. Rathe ...
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When my Mom was almost 5 months pregnant with me she suffered a heart attack that the doctors had mistakenly diagnosed as a new type of influenza. She was left untreated and at one point her legs were so filled with fluid, it would seep from her legs as she coughed up blood from her lungs. Amaz ...
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