Parent-teacher conferences at my children’s school were this past week. Parent-teacher conferences are always bittersweet. You learn some things that make you proud, and you learn some things that you wish could be better. You learn about some things that seem to come easily for your kid, and ...

A few weeks ago, one of my sons came up to me and asked me a question that started an interesting conversation: “Does God know everything we’re going to do?” “Yes,” I replied. “If God knows everything we’re going to do, then what’s the point of being on this earth?” I told ...

As I scrolled through social media on the morning of New Year’s Day, I came across the following message by Elder Neil L. Andersen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Each of you has a spiritual destiny. You are on a journey ...

In December 2019 President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the closing of the Salt Lake Temple for updates and renovations. The temple has been under construction to address safety and seismic concerns, create better accessibility for those with ...

I don’t want to sound like the Grinch, but Christmas has become a bit of a struggle for me as I’ve gotten older. When you’re a kid, Christmas is great. You get a bunch of presents, you get time off from school and it just seems so perfect. But as you get older and the realities of life ...

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state. Ask Utahns and they will tell you the signs have been there for years. Longer waits for Sunday brunch. A proliferation of ...