Adventures in Travel
Where the Gospel Begins, Your Traditions Must End!
As you travel around the world, you will see how all religions are entrenched in traditions. This article was originally published in July of 2011. All religions struggle with finding a balance between core values and acceptable traditions. As you travel around the world, you will see how all...
The Inquirer after Truth and the Sacred Grove
I remember the first time a testimony of Joseph Smith stirred in my heart. I was young, and I visited the Sacred Grove that day. I was a mischievous boy disturbing Primary classes for conscientious teachers in Southern California when something happened that changed me at a profound level. The...
The Bells of Bethlehem
I cannot take you all to Bethlehem this Christmas day, but I hope to bring to you the spirit that overflows the small city where the Savior was born so long ago. For many years, as Christmas approached, when I taught my classes, I would put a list of twenty five things on the board which were part...
What Do We Know About The Wise Men Who Came To Honor Jesus?
When you go to Israel, also plan a stop at Petra, Jordan. It may be the home of two of the "wise men." No one knows for sure how many wise men went to Bethlehem to honor Jesus as the newborn king of the Jews. Tradition says there were three wise men and there may have been. We do know that the...
Shapers of Nations and Humblers of Empires
Of anywhere you can visit, the Holy Land is the most spiritually refreshing and soul sustaining. There is no trip one can experience in the world as spiritually refreshing as the Holy Land. There is something wonderfully unique in walking, as we say, in the footsteps of Jesus. Galilee, the Garden...
Put Thou My Tears Into Thy Bottle
One of the most beautiful practices of the ancient Romans - especially the Caesars - was to collect tears in a glass bottle and give them to grieving loved ones. It is true that the Roman emperors collected their tears in these beautiful Roman glass vases. Seal them with wax and delivered them to...
I Will Cause the Earth to Testify the Truth of These Things
Time and again, I have seen archeological sites in Mexico and Guatemala testify of the truth of the Book of Mormon. Elder LeGrand Richards responding to a question from Dr. Paul Cheesman, Director of Book of Mormon Studies at BYU's Religious Studies Center in the 1960’s said, “I heard Brother...
The Kimballs Planted a Seed
Elder Heber C. Kimball and his wife had great chemistry with the youth of Nauvoo. Who knew their little meetings with young ladies and gentlemen would grow into a massive youth program? Perhaps you are one of those fortunate people who, during the days of youth, befriended a loving family in...
The Three and a Half Mile Stretch
Explore the route from the Smith family farm to a certain large hill about three and a half miles south and slightly east. It's a route Joseph Smith took annually, each time with a little more stature and a lot more purpose. Suppose you are a bluebird in Upstate New York. (This is quite a...
Africa: A Land Where Wildlife Reigns Supreme
I just returned home from Africa. I still can’t believe it--I was in Africa! Before going there, I didn’t have anything to relate Africa to except the many National Geographic specials I had watched on television since I was a child. What I saw and experienced there was more than I had ever imagined.
The Nourishing Place - The Cathedrals of Europe
People travel to Europe for many reasons. There is so much to experience and every country has its own cultural charms. But I never tire of exploring the castles with their memory of knights, ladies, the codes of chivalry, jousts, and, of course, they are all haunted by ghosts. The villages and...
A Little-noticed Place in Nauvoo
The Seventies Hall in Nauvoo had a rough start, as it was destroyed by a tornado, but work continued and it's now a beautiful monument. It shows a legacy of education and preparation that the LDS Church continues today. The Seventies Hall is a two-story brick structure once devoted to the grand...
Pioneers and Hebrews
The ancient Hebrews inherited a sort of legacy of facing trials and breaking trails. The people of Nauvoo inherited this legacy when they were told to "go as pioneers." The route of Church History in our dispensation was a path of filters. It was strewn with wrenching decisions, heroic moves, deep...
I Breathe . . . Therefore I Eat
Diets aren't in my mentality. Eating is one of the great pleasures of life, topped only by eating a particular entree in the country of its origin. One of our secretaries at work, before going on her first cruise, told me she was going to be careful of what she ate because, she was on a diet. I...
An Apostle, a Prayer, and a People
In an almost-unnoticed ordinance, in 1841, Elder Orson Hyde dedicated Palestine for the return of the Jews. History has shown the impact of that day. The news media give us pictures and words of people who seem to control world events. But in the long run, it is God's hand that presides. His hand...
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