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March 2023

March 22, 2023

A Bit of Dreaming, Bits of Uncertainty, A Bit of Manipulation

Cinderella married the prince. So did Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. They had some...

February 2023

February 22, 2023

Choose to Climb: Higher Still

Agency, the privilege to make our own choices and determine our own paths, is...

January 2023

January 04, 2023

A Song to Sing: A Destiny to Fulfill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObFcC2twto&t=3s “A Song to Sing” is about you and me. A song of our eternal...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

The Gift Most Precious: Live in Heavenly Peace

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,...

December 14, 2022

The Many or The One: Introvert Anonymous

I don't really remember my first talk in junior Sunday School. I've been told that...

December 07, 2022

Miracles of Lights: Our Savior Has Come

Christmas is a time of lights. Retailers, charities, civic groups, families, and churches display lights...

November 2022

November 10, 2022

“That I Might See”–Or not.

He gave me my eyes that I might see ...

November 02, 2022

From Butterfly to Blobfish: To Wonder as I Worship

My kindergarten student held out an autumn leaf that was part green and part red....

October 2022

October 26, 2022

A Lens For Eternity

"Welcome to Godhood 101." Every semester I start the Eternal Family class I teach...

October 19, 2022

For A Sacred Life Purpose

In approximately 1884, widowed Sarah Winchester, heiress of a world-renowned fortune, began building her house....

September 2022

September 21, 2022

The Holy Spirit: Our Light and Our Life

In a poetic masterpiece for children, Hello Earth (2021), Joyce Sidman assumes children's voices, asking...

September 07, 2022

Wisdom, Love, and Protection to Share

On a cool summer evening, Larry greeted our family at the door, dressed in a...

July 2022

July 20, 2022

Trees for Joy or Sorrow

"[God] hath made every thing beautiful in his time" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). The bible's word division...

July 06, 2022

Running—for Fun, for Growth, for Life

Ohhhh summertime is so much fun. Especially after a long, harsh winter in Rexburg, Idaho....

June 2022

June 29, 2022

My Daughter Is a Wrestler

For years we have been a wrestling family! We love football, track, and basketball...

June 15, 2022

The Waiting Place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl6wErTzw-A&t=1s I don’t love waiting. You probably don’t either. I’ve never heard someone say, “I...

June 01, 2022

A Hymn for All Seasons

I love the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. When I hear it, I...

May 2022

May 25, 2022

Christ’s Pure and Perfect Love

To the well-known incident of the woman taken in "the very act" of adultery, whose...

May 18, 2022

Gifts, Expectations, and Joy

The word "talent" may immediately suggest a gift for creating music, poetry, or visual arts. More...

May 04, 2022

He Will Wipe Away All Tears

"The Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces." I love this scripture-image...

April 2022

April 27, 2022

The Blessing of Divine Delay

I hate waiting—maybe you do too. But I’ve noticed that God sometimes has us wait...

April 20, 2022

More Ways to Win

Call me crazy. I’ve always wanted to train for and run a marathon. Ten...

April 06, 2022

Songs, Bibles, and Love

Jesus loves me, this I know, ...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

If I Only Had Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3981s_ld3g&t=10s When I write songs, 87.63% of the time I am near a piano. But...

March 23, 2022

Lessons From a Marathon

Once upon a time I ran a marathon—26.2 miles, a long way for someone who...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

Sunrise to Sunrise

Sunrise to Sunrise—I count my days by bright, joyful dawns. I savor each precious...

September 2021

September 22, 2021

Looking Back

Many times in life, we seek success by looking forward and having a firm vision...

September 01, 2021

At the Same Time

Listen to "At the Same Time," a song by Hilary Weeks, and read about Hilary's...

August 2021

August 11, 2021

Let Your Light Shine

Contagious Enthusiasm A few years ago when my boys were playing Pop Warner football, my...

July 2021

July 07, 2021

Be Where You Are

Listen to "Be Where You Are," a song by Hilary Weeks, and read about Hilary's...

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