Sunbeams
Dear friends, Jesus still wants us for a sunbeam. – Tracy Y. Browning, “Tune Your Heart to Jesus Christ: TheSsacred Gift of Primary Music,” Liahona (CR) November 2025
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Three Steps to Being a Peacemaker
Peacemaking demands action—what might that be, for each of us, starting tomorrow? Would you consider a one-week, three-step peacemaker plan? Gary E. Stevenson, “Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” Liahona (CR) November 2025
Calling, Not Chasing
Like Lehi, … you don’t chase after your loved ones who feel lost. “You stay where you are and call them. You go to the tree, stay at the tree, keep eating the fruit and, with a smile on your face, continue to beckon to those you love and show by example that eating the […]
Omvänd
The word repent connotes “to perceive afterwards” and implies “change.” In Swedish, the word is omvänd, which simply means “to turn around.” The Christian writer C. S. Lewis wrote about the need and the method for change. He noted that repentance involves “being put back on the right road. A wrong sum can be put right,” he said, “but only by going […]
Exercise Faith and Look Up
Experience has taught me that if we … exercise our faith and look to God for help, we will not be overwhelmed with the burdens of life. We will not feel incapable of doing what we are called to do or need to do. We will be strengthened, and our lives will be filled with peace […]
Don’t Declutter the Eternal Things
While there may be value in decluttering our lives of material things we no longer need, when it comes to things of eternal importance—our marriages, our families, and our values—a mind-set of replacing the original in favor of the modern can bring profound remorse. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “In Praise of Those Who Save,” Ensign (CR) […]
How to Pray and Learn
The time to prepare is now. In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, the Lord reminds us that we need to be prepared when the Bridegroom cometh. (See Matt. 25:1–13.) We need to recommit ourselves to the daily tasks of living the gospel. We need to learn to pray by praying every day. […]
Laman or Lemuel or Nephi
How you listen to the prophet makes the difference between being a Laman or Lemuel or a Nephi. – W. Grant Bangerter, “The Voice of the Lord Is unto All People,” Ensign (CR) November 1979
Earthly Paths to the Temple
If we are to receive all the blessings God so generously offers, our earthly path must lead to the temple. Temples are an expression of God’s love. He invites us all to come, learn of Him, feel His love, and receive the priesthood ordinances necessary for eternal life with Him. Each covenant is made one […]
A Tutorial for the Challenges of Today
Joseph Smith’s dedicatory prayer of the Kirtland Temple is a tutorial about how the temple spiritually empowers you and me to meet the challenges of life in these last days. I encourage you to study that prayer, recorded in Doctrine and Covenants section 109. That dedicatory prayer, which was received by revelation, teaches that the temple is “a […]