religion

I just want to share this because I love it! The couple who hosted Elle in her own “Junior-summer-internship” have put together (in partnership with some others), a pretty awesome new app that launches TODAY! Come Follow Me App I love that it helps you delve into the scriptures in…

I’m sure a lot of people out there follow sharonsaysso on instagram. She is pretty awesome, gives an unbiased view of what’s happening in the world (I took one of her “government for grown-ups” classes and it was so good!) Not only is she smart and incredibly talented about sifting…

***Post edit note, Conference is so beautifully uplifting today! There is one more session this afternoon, if you’d like to tune in, click HERE. You will be filled with love and hope. And then, after the darkness and the suffering, the anguish and the pain, the ashes…. …came the beauty.…

To me, there is so much beauty in religion: people striving to connect with God. I think it is interesting that once we find a religion that we cherish and love, we are more apt to close out the others. I think mostly we just get comfortable. But how sad…

Remember clear back HERE when I used to speak at Time Out for Women? That was a fun time. It was so stretching for me and I learned so much! This year a friend had the idea to go with a group of us and it was such a good…

General Conference for our church took place this last weekend.   I was sooo excited about it, as I always am.  We have some friends who are interested in the church at the moment and when I was explaining what conference is to her I had to laugh at myself.…

As I write today my eyes are brimmed up with tears. It is a busy day, but I just sat down and watched this for the first time: And as I watched, the most wonderful feeling swallowed me up. I’m so grateful for things like that to remind me in…

He was born so we can be born again. May we all seek to Follow Him. …and Rejoice greatly. Merry Christmas!

Just like Saturday jobs need to be re-worked over and over again (back here), my scripture study habits sure do too. Oh boy. I’ve always held scripture study in pretty high regard.  I mean, quite honestly, whenever I’m in a pretty regular habit of reading/studying each day my days just…

…for mission calls galore. Because every other minute it seems Max’s friends are working on their mission papers, anticipating where they will get called, receiving their mission calls and heading out all over the world. You see, when boys in our church turn 18 they have the option of serving…