Valentine’s Day celebrates romance, but Christ taught a broader love. The kind we practice daily shapes who we become.
Tag: charity
Mercy in Both Pockets
I was at a worship service recently as a senior couple reported back after serving a full-time mission to some of the poorest among us. As they shared their experiences, they spoke of someone who was an example to them and described him as having “mercy in both pockets.” I really love this imagery. I…
Tasting vs. Being Filled: The Fruit in Lehi’s Dream
Two groups reached the Tree of Life. Both experienced its fruit. But only one remained. The difference may be hidden in two simple words: tasting and filling. Perhaps the love of God was never meant to be something we occasionally sample, but something we allow to become part of us.
Be a Reason to Be Thankful for Human Kindness
My friend, Josh, shared this on Facebook. After a long day discouraged by a world full of negativity, this post lifted me up. Thank you Josh. Leading image by Rémi Walle on Unsplash
“A Great Evil”
(Part 1 of 2 regrading Helaman Chapter 3:33-35. FOR PART 2, CLICK HERE.) I read a passage this week that really makes me angry. Before I go into any detail and you decide to read no further, I will summarize it this way: we must create places of refuge for the marginalized. It is what…
The Miracle of Hope
There is always hope.
“Faith, Hope, and Charity, These three”
Today, as I was waiting in the chapel of the Denver Temple, I read this verse: “And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works” (Alma 7:24). There is a clear formula here that I never noticed before… Faith x Hope x Charity = Good Works If…
If I Were a Rich Man . . .
In “The Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye sings: “If I were a rich man, Yubby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum. All day long I’d biddy biddy bum. If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn’t have to work hard. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. If I were a biddy…
A Road Map for Zion
Here is a blessing for those who seek to build Zion in the latter days: “And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up…