Burden-the very word indicates heaviness and dread. And while we may know intellectually that burdens provide the resistance that make us stronger, few of us would choose to carry them if we could avoid it. Perhaps, however, our burdens become blessings depending on how and with whom we carry them. The people of Alma, who …
Years ago I read a story by S. Michael Wilcox that has stayed with me. As I remember it, Brother Wilcox was sitting on his bed preparing a lesson. His young son sat with him. As Brother Wilcox prepared, he read and marked scriptures, writing notes in the margins, and underlined important words and passages. …
I really, really, really do not like making mistakes. You’d think I’d get over that attitude, considering how many I have made in my life, but…still working on that. I know that making mistakes is part of the process of growing and learning, and I don’t beat myself up for making them, I just don’t …
