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November 2022

November 26, 2022

Jonah In and Through Ship, Waves, Fish, City, Shadow

In continuing my efforts to understand the Lord emphasizing our relationship as being in and...

November 26, 2022

Prisons and Perspective

Prisons and Perspectives by Kurt S. Johnson How many of you, of your own free...

November 04, 2022

Eucharistos and Chariti: Translating Thankfulness

Happy November! I love exploring the root meanings of words in the scriptures, and the...

November 02, 2022

Finding God in the Fiery Furnace

We all find ourselves in life's crucibles—at the hand of others, as a part of...

October 2022

October 28, 2022

“He has sent me…”

By Daylen Bushman, written after sending his second son on a mission for The Church...

October 17, 2022

Come, Drink of the Fountain of Living Waters

Niagara Falls astounded me! What an awe-inspiring force of nature with its 5.9 million cubic...

October 14, 2022

Reaching for the Hem of the Healer

I'm sitting here with a chance to testify that the Lord never fails me when...

August 2022

August 27, 2022

Edmund Durfee Martyred for His Faith at Morley’s Settlement

Edmund and Magdalena Durfee, Tamma Durfee Miner Curtis Lima existed before the Mormons arrived...

August 27, 2022

Unity Through the Doctrine of Christ

Unity is “the quality or state of being one, single, whole, complete … forming a...

August 20, 2022

Valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman: Modern & Ancient Ancestral Stories

For me, the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman is such a meaningful Church historical site. I hadn't...

August 20, 2022

Garden Grove: Stories of Leaving Nauvoo

Garden Grove As the Saints headed westward, Church leaders decided to create a long-term camp...

August 06, 2022

Far West from Our Ancestors’ Perspectives

After visiting Adam-ondi-Ahman, we drove to Far West. I timed our arrival at sunset. I...

August 06, 2022

Zion Camp’s Cholera Outbreak at Rush Creek

My parents, siblings, families, and I made a pilgrimage to Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa to...

July 2022

July 27, 2022

Do Mormons Believe in Jesus?

Do Mormons believe in Jesus? Yes! Jesus Christ of Nazareth is our Lord and Savior. ...

July 12, 2022

“Worshipped All the Host of Heaven”

In 2 Kings 17, Assyria carries away captive the northern 10 tribes of Israel. Most...

July 08, 2022

Optimizing the To-Do List

As my summer to-do list keeps growing exponentially, I decided to take a minute in...

July 06, 2022

Finding That Something the Soul Needs in the Wilderness

After an epic showdown with idolatrous priests, the prophet Elijah learned that Queen Jezebel intended...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

Some Whys and Hows of Scripture Study and Revelation

Last week I got to teach 100 young women aged 11-18 about scripture study and...

June 04, 2022

My Wrestle With the Most Horrible Story in the Bible

For me, the Book of Judges records the most troubling scripture stories, including the most...

May 2022

May 22, 2022

Og of Bashan, the Giant

Old Testament giants have fascinated me since my first hearing of David's faith and slingshot...

May 18, 2022

Raquel Cruz: Am I Good Enough?

Sharing powerful thoughts about ways we judge ourselves, Raquel Cruz pointedly asks us to throw...

May 14, 2022

Dee Brown: Sharer of Light and Healer of Broken Things

Today we celebrated the life of one of my heroines. Dee Brown fiercely loved her...

May 12, 2022

What War Did the Lord Fight in the Brooks of Arnon?

Do you know what happened at the brooks of Arnon? My scripture study this...

May 07, 2022

Is There an Eternal Nature of Motherhood for All Women?

Last year, Public Square Magazine asked me to write a piece on motherhood for Mother's...

May 07, 2022

The Eternal Nature of the Family

Because of some life experiences I had, I didn’t really trust in the eternal nature...

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Camped Before the Mount and The Ascension of Isaiah

I've been riveted on the idea from last week's Come Follow Me scripture reading that...

April 25, 2022

Kurt Johnson: What the Resurrection Means

What does the resurrection mean to you? For me, the resurrection is a promise of...

April 23, 2022

Reacting To The Waves That Hit

Waves broke my friend's face. Periphery Waves She lounged in a tide pool,...

April 08, 2022

3 Nephi 17:8 Why “I See?”

This morning as I read 3 Nephi 17:8, a phrase stuck out in a way...

April 07, 2022

“Hope Did Not Die Here, But Here Was Given”

A friend and I laughed recently about the fact that almost nothing in our lives...

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