Oh Be Joyful!

I spoke on the phone the other day with one of my best friends. Ben and I have known each other for almost 20 years now. We went to Jr. High and High school together. We were roommates at BYU our f

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Acts of Service

Every day around the world acts of service such as the one depicted in the embedded video are performed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that a religion tha

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Faith, Psychology, and Therapy

While I spend most of my time doing research (both testing participants and dealing with the MRIs of their brains), I also spend time conducting therapy with clients. The more I learn about common

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Our Duty to God

Because I am involved in the Young Men’s program in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I am involved in helping the youth earn their Duty to God awards (the link goes to the Chu

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In Humility, Our Savior

My current favorite hymn is In Humility, Our Savior. It is a song that resonates sincere worshipfulness of and reverence to the Lord. The melody used in the LDS Hymnal was written by Rowland Pritch

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On Christianity

Update: Here is the link to a discussion of this same topic on the LDS Newsroom blog. One discussion I really do not understand is whether or not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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One Word

On Sunday in our Teacher’s quorum we talked about prayer. One point I tried to teach our Teachers is that God really does answer our prayers. The topic of prayer and answers to prayers leads

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A Heart of Charity, Part 1

C. S. Lewis explained his belief in Christ in this way: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else̶

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Easter Births and Rebirths

Having a child born on Christmas day and now another one born at Easter time (he’ll have an Easter birthday some years), my children’s births serve as a reminder of the Savior Jesus Chr

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