Latter-day Blog

We all sin and fall short of our own expectations. We can really get down on ourselves. We may pray for forgiveness and feel that because of our sins our prayers do no make it past the ceiling. In these desparate times we may feel like we are unforgivable.
Isaiah 54:7 reads “For a small moment [...]

If you do a search on Google for “Isaiah 43:10 mormon” (without the quotes) you will find hundreds of articles explaining why our belief in the nature of God is wrong. In fact, it isn’t until about the 9th page of results that you find anything this it not anti-mormon concerting the topic.
It has been [...]

Okay, this is not flattering! LOL

UPDATE: I guess I shouldn’t criticize without suggestions right? Well, I’m not a graphics expert by any means, but here’s a crack at it… someone a little skinnier with hair?

Or, with a colored dress:
   
Or even sister missionary style!

I’m sure you’ve all heard that the latest conference talks are available in mp3 format now. Would you like an easier way to download them all? I’ve emailed the makers of LDS Audio Browser and they’ve responded to my request to add all the latest conference talks. Now you can download them all in 3 [...]

I read that LDS.org was number 1 on google for the term “church” and mormon.org was number seven. When I tried the two sites were number one and number two. Then I tried again and they were number 1 and 3. At first I was excited, then I realized I was just getting “personalized” results [...]

One of my favorite church videos is Mountain of the Lord as it describes events that occurred during the 40 year process to build the Salt Lake Temple. Most interesting to me was at the end of the movie with it explain that Utah means “Top of the mountains.” What I had not realized (or [...]

As my wife were driving in the car yesterday, talking, our nearly 4 year old daughter kept trying to tell us something.
“I have a Nephi Jacket!” she kept saying.
We were confused. Then we realized we had just bought a new jacket for her little brother which we had appropriately been calling his “levi jacket.”
Could we [...]

When I got home from my mission, I remember a time shortly after that I was talking to my Dad. I was in tears and I told him I thought I was a failure as a missionary. Sure, as far as baptisms, I had lots of success. I made lots of friends and taught daily. [...]

Proverbs 27:5 states “Open rebuke is better than secret love.” This passage of scripture caught my interest, but I’m not sure why. What does it mean.
Looking at the footnote it has a reference to Proverbs 28:3 which states, “He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”
After [...]