“Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord…” (James 5:14) There’s just something about being anointed that is very special to me. God tells us to reach out to the elders...
There is a scripture that many of us have heard dozens of times, and many can probably recite word for word. It’s mentioned in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Originally written by Isaiah (49:22-23) and repeated by both Nephi and his brother Jacob (1 Nephi...
Jesus is in the midst of sharing a total of seven parables with His disciples on a particular day. So far, He has related the parables of the sower, the wheat and tares, the mustard seed and the leaven. Following those, He shares two brief parables that carry a...
The following experience was received by Sister Anna Frances Colangelo in 1925, shortly after she was baptized into the Church and is related by her daughter, Sister Fannie Colangelo Casasanta. We had a house rented to two tenants. One lived on the first floor and the...
Do you remember when Jesus told His disciples, “What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter” (John 13:7)? Do you remember what Jesus was doing at the time? He was washing His disciples’ feet. How strange for their leader to bow...
Twenty years ago, I attended graduate school while holding down a full-time job. To complete the program within the allotted three years, one summer class each year for the first two years. The summer semester crammed 16 weeks of study into eight weeks, so I elected...
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