"sunday ponderings"

I’m sure I’ve talked before here about the “Transformer Principle.” It’s a principle my dad came up with as one of the “Grandfather’s Secrets” he shares each summer with the grandkids, and it’s attached to the one about sex. (More about that in another post if anyone is interested), but…

I talked about this phrase back HERE, some beautiful words from our church leaders to let others in to our lives. I hope those around us who are not in our church congregations will “love, share and invite” right back. We have so much to learn from each other! The…

Remember this app I talked ago a while back? I am loving it. Each day there is a new beautifully outlined thought from the weekly “Come Follow Me” program. There are also all kinds of links if you want to go deeper into your study. Each day there is a…

It is HOLY WEEK. And this video makes me tear up to watch as I ponder what that Holy Week symbolizes: new beginnings. That no matter where we are, or who we are, or what we do, God loves us. And is always there. Always. This particular Holy Day, Palm…

Last week in Relief Society (our class at church), I was able to listen to the best lesson. It was all about the refining fires of trials. I thought of “beauty for ashes,” one of my very favorite phrases from the poetry of Isaiah. To me it is just so…

I am loving the Come Follow Me lessons we study each week more than ever lately. There is so much to glean from the scriptures, and I feel like you learn even more when you write things down. So here I am, with a thought from three weeks ago. Ha!…

Here we are on our second Sunday of confinement. It is strange not to have a church gathering to stake the day into place, and I am one of those people who loves going to church. But I have to say that I think last week was my favorite Sunday…

I just wanted to take a minute to write about Palm Sunday because I love this day as a kick-off to Easter Holy Week. I finished reading The Robe a couple weeks ago and I keep thinking about it, specifically how the author described Christ returning to the city on…

I may as well start calling these “Monday Ponderings” instead of Sunday ones since I tend to be a little late on them.  I’m slowly getting my act together around here, but here we are again on a Monday 🙂 I love the new program our church is doing called…

I talked about my most favorite gifts I gave for Christmas (back HERE), but here is my most favorite gift I received. Dave got me this most beautiful painting from one of my favorite artists: I adore it. It sits by my bed and reminds me that the struggle is…