Unto Me a Child is Born!

Christ, Personal Revelation

I love Christmas for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that I get the chance to attend a Messiah sing-in…or is it a “sing along”? Whichever, it’s so glorious to stand up and sing the “Halleluiah Chorus” at the top of my lungs and have my very “littlest angel” voice...

A Very “Simple” Christmas Gift

Christ

As the Christmas season arrives again, I am reminded of the Christmas story most of us have heard of the simple‑minded young man who was cast in a school play in the part of the inn‑keeper. (Click to read.) Everyone thought that it was the perfect part for him,...

The Gift of Heart-to-Heart Communion

Christ, Led by Spirit, Personal Revelation

As I go through a day looking to Jesus to live, I find myself miraculously doing right, doing well. The miraculous part is that I’m not striving or trying to do right—or even to avoid “not-right” behavior. It’s happening automatically as I...

Irrational Kindness

Christ, Recovery

God is irrationally kind by the ways of man. His ways are higher than our ways. His kindness is infinite. It can afford to be. Where He dwells and where we came from–and where we will eventually return –there is no limit to time. There is no limit to mercy...

I Must Strip Myself of Pride to Follow the Strait and Narrow Way

Change of Heart, Christ, Recovery

We often hear living the gospel compared to following the “strait and narrow path” (1 Nephi 8:20; 2 Nephi 31:18-19; 2 Nephi 33:9) It is my testimony that the “strait and narrow path” is Christ Himself­, in the same way that He is the Word made...

God Will Not Give Up on You

Christ, Recovery

God wants to gift you with a degree of love that only He can give. He will not rest until He has found you, no matter how lost a lamb you think you are (or try to be.) No matter what, He is going to gift you with love and patience and long-suffering and kindness—over...