Category Archives: Monthly Messages

Monthly Message, December 2020 This is in response to the request by President Russell M. Nelson’s recent plea on November 20, 2020 to #GiveThanks with a daily post to social media for 7 days. I give thanks #1 (Nov. 24, … Continue reading →

Monthly Messages, January 2021 Sum: A saint is one who loves the Lord with all of his or her heart, might, mind and strength, and serves Him in the name of Jesus Christ. Note: These ideas are ideals. They are … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, February 2021 We human beings normally are able to choose our actions. This is called “agency.” None of us has total agency. But we are each responsible for how we use what we have. Our Father in Heaven … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, March 2021 I believe the greatest thing any human being can accomplish is to attain “clean hands and a pure heart, not lifting one’s soul up to vanity nor swearing deceitfully.” (Paraphrase on Psalms 24:4) Noteworthy: No human … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, April 2021 It is true that some secular ideas are not compatible with the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is true that some persons are destroyed spiritually by the university experience. But it is also true that … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, May 2021 A theory is a set of unproved ideas. The word “theory” means vision. Our human minds always invent or appropriate unprovable theoretical frameworks, mental visions, which we use to make sense of and to explain what … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, June 2021 As I think about departing this mortal sphere my mind keeps coming back to why we are here. And we are here for two reasons. First, to get a physical body. Second, to choose what kind … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, August 2021 Metaphysics is ideas about the unseen universe in which we live. It is the complement of the seen universe in which we live, which we will call “physics.” We cannot see all of physics, but we … Continue reading →

Monthly Messages, February 2023 1. The Most Important Commandment in the Book of Mormon The most important commandment? What a value judgment! But there are reasons why it might be so. The commandment is: ”Ye must repent, and become as … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, September 2021 The Savior has been very clear about the temporal order he wishes his servants to create on this earth: “For verily I say unto you … it must needs be that there be an organization of … Continue reading →