by Danielle Ellis

Work plays a huge role in our lives. Parents try to teach their children to work. Young adults go out into the world to find their first “real job,” and plan to work for forty years or more. Older adults plan ways in earnest that they can support themselves without “working.” We buy special clothes for our work, buy cars to take us to work, buy pricey educations to help us get better work.

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by Dave Ellis

My oldest daughter has recently taken up soccer, or football for you continental-types. We tried signing her up when she was five, but she didn’t like it when the other kids took the ball from her. She still wanted us to sign her up, but only because she wanted to keep the uniform.

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This issue of Desert Saints Magazine is our fifth anniversary edition. 60 issues! What a wonderful journey these last five years have been.

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by Amy McDonald

I was raised by an amazing mother. Although she had many positive qualities and winning parental methods, one in particular stands out to me: she encouraged my efforts to work.

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by Daneille Ellis

Speaking to a gathering of thousands of women at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Dr. Steven Covey had a very important message: affirm the preciousness and intrinsic worth of each child.

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