Susan Evans McCloud

Susan Evans McCloud is a freelance writer, a student of Latter-day Saint and Utah history, Scottish history and literature, and has a son who plays the bagpipes and a daughter studying Gaelic in Glasgow, Scotland.

Latter-day Saint Life

Gratitude in all circumstances: Heartfelt examples from Joseph Smith + more

By Susan Evans McCloud

November 15, 2022 11:16 AM MST

“O brethren, let us be thankful that it is as well with us as it is, and we are yet alive and peradventure, God hath laid up in store great good for us in this generation, and may grant that we may yet glorify his name,”

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Latter-day Saint Life

How Joseph Smith, Brigham Young + Other Church Leaders Spent New Year's Day

By Susan Evans McCloud

January 04, 2019 02:59 PM MST

A new year, a new page in the book of our lives; and the first steps we take, the first things we see or choose to do, can have special meaning for us, both in the moment and in the days ahead.

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