Lists of Invitation

I sat in a Sunday School class where the teacher asked what we do to remain on the path back to our Father. The answers were unsurprising: pray, read scriptures, attend church, temple worship. It was written on the board as a list. Then, one woman raised her hand and said, “I hate lists. They …

The Secret to Happiness

As human beings we seem to be made to want happiness. Joseph Smith taught that ‘happiness is the object and design of our existence’ so it must be divinely intended as a pursuit of our lives. Mostly, however, we tend to seek for it badly, or at least in ways that fail to satisfy our …