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"Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide." -Boyd K. Packer

I prefer Utah's (Deseret) real flag

Calling Pioneer Day, “pie and beer day” is a slap in the face to our ancestor pioneers. 178 years ago today on July 24th 1847 the first Latter-day Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley fleeing religious persecution in the east. “We are willing to take our full share of…

Happy Pioneer Day They built it for you and you have no right to throw it away

We’ll find a place Which God for us prepared Far away In the west

Accidents and insurance rates set to increase.

Many will fail this

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard announces she has officially referred Barack Obama to the DOJ for criminal prosecution

Joseph Smith accomplished more than any mortal man could have accomplished in so short a time. During his 38 and a half years of life, Joseph Smith was a man of the frontier—young, emotional, dynamic, and so loved and approachable by the people that they often called him…

Non youth speaker brings up t*ylor sw*ft in sacrament meeting talk. Ngmi

When we take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ at baptism, we join Him in His work. To make the Savior's work our work, we focus on His purposes, keep His commandments, and love one another. Doing our part is simpler than we might imagine because we need not bring…

"I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it." - Joseph Smith

I've always hated dogs, and among those I grew up around, this was an absolutely normal mentality. So the sudden shift in the collective conscious about these animals is totally baffling to me. Those who walk on rural roads know it well: loose dogs are a blight. Chained-up…

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One of the all time greatest memes is back y’all!

Me walking into the ward potluck without bringing anything.

While serving as a mission leader in Japan some years ago, a district president had arranged for me to conduct an interview with a man who had joined the Church a year earlier and was seeking to receive a temple recommend. During our conversation, he exuded a covenant confidence…

Here is a favorite group of scriptures that I have often used quite a bit with youth groups, but it applies to everybody.

Melanie and I were thrilled to be with some of our children and grandchildren in historic Nauvoo. Our joy was multiplied to see our son’s family perform in the magnificent Nauvoo Pageant. The British and Nauvoo Pageants are powerful performances about the Restored Gospel of…

The spiritual conditions necessary to proceed along the covenant pathway all relate to the heart. The scriptures refer favorably to hearts that are changed, broken, healed, and turned, and hearts full of love, gratitude, joy, and peace. “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with…