HARRISVILLE — A local church received a major assist from a pair of local organizations as its leaders and congregation members work to rehabilitate church property. Volunteers from MyHometown Ogden and E.K. Bailey Construction recently teamed up to help Harrisville's Ascension Lutheran ...
I was on my mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in late 2004 when the 9.1 to 9.3 earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated Indonesia. I remember going out to knock doors that night and talking to a college student who wondered how there could be a God when such ...
Imagine someone with some sort of affliction. It can be physical or emotional, but it’s clearly noticeable. How do you feel when you see this person? Probably sorrow that they have to deal with this unfortunate situation and the impact that it must have on their life. Now imagine, if you ...
A few weeks ago, I was trying to figure out why President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chose to dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple. It was only the second temple he had dedicated since he dedicated the Rome Italy Temple in March 2019 and the ...
When I think of the word ‘worship,’ I think of treating something with god-like reverence. I think we’ve all heard the phrase, “worship the ground” someone walks on. It means that there is a god-like reverence for someone, so much so that even the ground they walk on is worthy of ...
Last week was my turn to teach the lesson in Elder’s Quorum. I teach the second Sunday of each month, and each Elder’s Quorum lesson is focused on a different general conference address. The general conference talk selected for last week’s discussion was by Elder Gary E. Stevenson of ...
