Dec 2011 Issue
By Danielle Ellis
Charles Dickens’ well-beloved classic tale, A Christmas Carol, is re-told in many ways every Christmas season, including being the text for First Presidency Christmas Devotional talks. It is easy to see the love that enters Scrooge’s heart and changes his life. But last year, I examined the story a little more closely. I found deep Christian symbolism embedded within the story which warmed my heart as much as old Scrooge’s, and left me feeling grateful for a loving Savior, who is not explicitly named within the book. I found that the story turns on two key words: profit and light.
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Nov 2011 Issue
by Molly Spurlock
Cleanliness is next to godliness” is NOT in the scriptures, and while we ARE told to have a “house of order,” let me just say a word in defense of those of us who are NOT “neat freaks.” Obsession with controlling routines is responsible for perhaps half the misery in America! Frazzled folks juggle jobs, home-making, and family logistics against some insane model devised by people like Martha Stewart–who cash in on our guilt for not creating picture-perfect living rooms or rotating our sheets.
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Oct 2011 Issue
By Trina Boice
Someone once said, “If you want to have spiritual experiences, do your genealogy.”
There is something magical and unusually compelling about genealogy. Unlike playing golf or doing crafts or other pastimes, researching our family history is something sacred that calls to us. There is a special something that tugs at our heart and begs us to keep searching through dusty books and rolls of microfiche late into the night. You may be a professional genealogist or just a beginner trying to find a long lost cousin on the Internet. Your search may originate from curiosity, duty, or even religious dedication, but either way, you have felt that ancestral tug.
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Jul 2011 Issue
By Mark Severts
Red, yellow and green were the main colors used by volunteers from the Lakes, Nevada Stake to serve community members in Las Vegas and senior citizens in a mobile home park located near East Stewart Avenue and Pecos Road.
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Jun 2011 Issue
BY ELDER M. RUSSELL BALLARD
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Excerpted from a talk given at a Church Educational System fireside at Brigham Young University on 3 March 2002.
Long before the world was formed, Satan and those who followed after him raged against the forces of good and tried to overthrow the work of God. That struggle has not ended, only shifted battlegrounds. It is ruthless and relentless, and the objective of the battle is your eternal soul and mine.
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