Sympathy, Not Empathy, is the Path to Christ-Like Love

Sympathy requires more work than empathy, but it leads to a firm foundation and a more Christlike love.

To My Sons On Their Way

As you grow and mature, I pray that you will add the things in this letter to a list of unquestionable truths you are building in your spirit.

Career Motherhood: A New Take on this Important Profession

My wife’s chosen profession is and will continue to be a blessing to our family. This article’s purpose is to re-frame one of the most important and oldest professions in a new light. My wife has not chosen to become a “stay-at-home mom.” She has not “given up her career.” She would never say that she “doesn’t work.” And regardless of what the IRS says on April 15, she wouldn’t call herself a “dependent.” She has chosen career motherhood. And I want to sing her praises for it.

I Give My Myrrh To Thee

We know very little about the Three Kings. In time for Christmas, this fictional story is about the secret burdens of a young Balthazar. It is meant to exemplify the spirit of the season and remind us of the hope and joy that rests in the King of Kings, and Savior of the World. Enjoy! […]

The Sneakiest Sin

There is one sin at the root of all others, and it is the most insidious. It makes you believe you are right and justified and not sinning at all. It convinces men that they are the victims and not the perpetrators. It drives us away from God, and into deeper sin. It is easy […]

Excommunication: A big, scary word that means “mercy”

I’ve been pondering the topic of excommunication for a few weeks, and I’ve come to a few conclusions: 1) It is a merciful, redemptive process 2) It is modeled after the process we all go through with Christ on an individual basis In 3 Nephi 18, Christ gives the following instruction to his chosen, ordained […]

The Godliness of Material Things

The title of this entry may surprise you because it seems to go against everything we’ve been told by traditional Judeo-Christian theology. “Love of money is the root of all evil,” the Bible instructs. (1 Timothy 6:10) In this article, I hope to demonstrate that if viewed the right way, material things like money, vehicles, […]

Protected: Divorcing from Government: An objectivist Solution to the Marriage Debate

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Powerful Passover and Easter Connections

It was exactly three years ago that I decided I would be baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This decision came as a result of praying to the Lord to know if the Church was true, and subsequently receiving a witness of its truth from the Holy Spirit. […]