By Matt Mosman (also posted at http://mitchmayne.blogspot.com/) . Good morning, brothers and sisters. Always a pleasure to see so many of my friends here in the El Camino Ward. A few months ago one of our other high councilmen, Rob Hansen, cornered…
Come Sweep With Us! – A Message For LDS Youth Allies
By Matthew Deane 10-09-13 “Sweeeeep!” I watched the forty-three pounds of granite slide away from my outstretched hand, down the ice towards the house at the other end of the sheet. A sensation of happy warmth kept the cold at…
An Increase of Love
By Bryan Hendrickson I know many of us felt a fair amount of emotion over this past conference weekend. I myself went through a range of it, all the while trying to keep it all inside so that no one…
Thoughts on General Conference
I was encouraged by some of the messages at general conference. A number of them reminded me of my central covenant to love the Lord with all of my heart, might, mind and strength and to love others as I…
“Just Be There”: A Message of Suicide Awareness and Prevention
BYU STUDENT GROUP CONTRIBUTES NEW INFORMATIONAL VIDEO Inspired by this past September being Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and LDS Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland’s message of compassion and hope to those with mental illness given at the just concluded 183rd…
On Charlie Brown and General Conference
By Aaron Tabacco (cross posted from his blog Quorum of the Outcasts) (Admin note: In the context of President Uchtdorf’s address asking member’s to be more understanding of why people leave the church, it is important to realize that the vast majority…