Once, there was a young Jewish girl named Hadassah. Her life was not easy. Her parents died and left her an orphan; her people had been conquered and carried captive into a foreign land where she lived with an older cousin who took her in. Through an unlikely series of events she became the Queen …
Elder Uchtdorf once told a story of a man who took a long saved-for and awaited cruise to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing the historic cities along the Mediterranean Sea. Because he did not want to spend additional money, he packed food for his trip and embarked on his journey. He looked longingly at …
Don’t get me wrong. I love a relaxing spa day, yoga session or time in a good book with chocolate. All good things. But I wonder if we are missing the most important element of ‘self care’ when we fail to include the One who knows better than we do what we most need to …
Stephen Robinson (scripture scholar and BYU professor) once taught: ‘Everything you’ll ever need to know about grace, can be learned in the following way: hold a baby in your arms. (Perhaps while the family is out. Perhaps in a chair. Perhaps your own son or daughter.) What do you feel? An absolute love. What has …
