Too many people are neglecting what is in the scriptures and trying to “customize Christ”. You can’t do that…seriously. Too often we read a few scriptures that make us feel good and then omit everything else that we know about Jesus that might make us feel bad. Some have bowed down to modern trends and allowed…
Category Archives: Faith
The day I hit the mission field, it was February 5th and the snow was going sideways instead of straight down. Three weeks before that I was surfing North side Pier in Oceanside wondering how I was going to pull off serving a mission. I never dreamed my first step into the mission field would be…
About a month ago, my wife and kids were standing in line at Disneyland waiting to go on the newly renovated Thunder Mountain. Normally standing in line for an hour is really boring but not this time! We were blessed to have a couple standing behind us that decided they would like to bag on…
I can still remember the exact spot I was sitting when I knew the Book of Mormon was true. I was in a beach chair on my balcony in Corona Del Mar, California waiting to go surfing. I had just recently started a serious investigation of the Church when I first began reading the Book…
If you were watching general conference this Sunday morning, your heart probably melted as you watched President Monson’s physical strength begin to fail on him in front of the entire Church. He started strong, and then all of the sudden it was as if an entire lifetime of church service came crashing down on to…
My wife and I tend to have the same conversation with acquaintances on a regular basis. We go through all the small talk and it usually ends up in someone asking us what our kids are into. We proceed to tell them that they’re in a really great choir. “Oh… that’s cool” they normally say in a…
They say that a prophet should be a window to the Lord. I would say President Monson has been just that. I can’t pick up the phone and give him a call, ask him how he’s doing, offer him a blessing, or tell him what I think of his years of service… but I can…
Not too long ago, I flew to Boston to speak at a public affairs conference. When I finished speaking, I had the opportunity to shake hands and mingle with the great people who had attended. As I was getting ready to leave, a man came up to me in the foyer, shook my hand, and…
If I didn’t have the worst singing voice known to mankind, and I was talented enough to earn a spot with the Tabernacle Choir, I would sing with all my heart at the Presidential Inauguration. Here’s why. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is America’s choir. Of course they should sing at the Presidential Inauguration. They are not…
Dear President Monson, Much of the world thinks I’m weird for believing in a prophet. But I say that without a prophet, we don’t have a correct understanding of Jesus Christ. It has been the same since the beginning of time. Prophets exist to reveal the character and attributes of Christ so that we can…