As the Jaredites prepared to cross the ‘great waters’ towards their promised land, God promised that He would protect them, but warned that they would still experience the ‘mountain waves’, winds, and floods; they would be ‘swallowed up in the depths of the sea’ (Ether 2: 24+25). He provided the design of their vessels, light … Continue reading Trials and Trust
Faith is the first principle of the Gospel. Not just because it’s the beginning of one’s journey into a knowledge of God and eternal things – the truths of the Gospel – and the Church, but also because it’s the foundation of everything we do to gain eternal life. Unseen things Alma, in his famous … Continue reading The true power of faith
What does the Atonement of Jesus Christ mean for me, daily? How does His work most help me? Well, besides giving me everything, it gives me grace – the power to overcome the world. Continue reading Power to overcome: how Christ’s Atonement saves me in and from my circumstances
I want the Lord to solve my problems and save me from the worst things I suffer. I know it’s up to me to work for these things, too; I’m trying – sometimes very hard – to do that. And yet, He does not save me from them; not in the way I think I … Continue reading What God really saves me from
In Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley says to her brother, ‘I should like Balls infinitely better if they were carried on in a different manner…. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day.’ ‘Much more rational, I dare say,’ replies Charles, ‘but not near so … Continue reading Ordaining women, the gifts of womanhood, and real equality
Peaceable Treasures 