By Lin Floyd

Have you discovered “blogging” on the Internet? Although I’m somewhat computer literate (my technologically-savvy son would laugh at that self-description), I’ve avoided blogging. Not understanding what a weB LOG was all about, I thought it was just another webpage to publish on the Internet with the option of getting comments from others. Feeling it was a waste of time to put my daily thoughts on the web, I’ve spent all my efforts on the Internet pursuing family history. I have uploaded my ancestors’ photos and histories to create a webpage1 (which was a huge stretch for me but with the help of another son who was in high school at the time, I learned how to do it.)

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By Jeffrey R. Holland

In the April 2006 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland dedicated a talk to anyone who felt their life was broken beyond repair. Now, his counsel is featured in a new book that makes it clear why he has earned a reputation as one of the church’s great communicators. Broken Things to Mend (Deseret Book, $24.95, Hardcover) publishes in one book some of the most powerful words ever taught by Elder Holland. He shares the “good news of the gospel” and teaches that knowing who God and Christ are is the source of healing.

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