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Testimony of Joseph

3 minute readToday in church was our Christmas program and I was asked to share a “testimony of Joseph” (husband of Mary, mother of Jesus). It was ambiguous to me whether that meant saying what I knew to be true about Joseph, or if it meant saying what I thought Joseph would say he knew was true […]

October 2021 General Conference Highlights

< 1 minute readThis weekend was General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We watched nearly all 10 hours of it from home. All 10 hours is pretty much impossible with a 2-year-old. I didn’t take super studious notes (you can view it all on churchofjesuschrist.org) but here’s a few highlights I managed to […]

How Faith in Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost Helped Me in 2020

6 minute readThis is from a talk I gave at church on October 25, 2020. French Fry DIsappointment Yesterday, we went to the one place you can get soy sauce with your fries: Shawnigan Jens Sushi. Celeste and Elise and I marched into our favourite Japanese-American take-out restaurant, and were told some terrible news: they were out […]

How “Fasting and Prayer” Can be “Rejoicing and Prayer”

2 minute readAt church, once a month we’re encouraged to fast. That means we skip two meals, and instead donate that money for the poor. Kids usually don’t, and those with medical concerns don’t, but able-bodied folks like myself do. I’ll be honest: it’s still difficult. Obviously I get hungry, and sometimes focus on that. I also […]

June 9th Thoughts from Church

2 minute readJust sharing some of my thoughts I had at Church today. Charity isn’t Just Doing a Few Nice Things Parker Schmidt has a companion with whom he didn’t get along very well. So he tried to be charitable. He cooked him breakfast, ironed his shirts, did lots of nice things. But it didn’t seem to […]

Personal Highlights from April 2018 General Conference

3 minute readUsually I quickly jot down my notes from general conferences of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But this time I’d like to share my notes in a format that is approachable to those with different beliefs. I think that will be good for others to understand a bit more about beliefs of […]

Ways to Help People Without Actually Doing Anything (and Why They’re Actually Better)

3 minute readWhen we think of ways to help or serve others, we tend to narrowly think of only physical service: giving someone money, helping mow a lawn, or volunteering at a soup kitchen. But physical service is only one of many ways to help others. There are so many other important ways to serve, and if […]

Gratitude Journal October 2018

2 minute readTo be honest, it’s feeling like a bit of a stretch to think of what I’m grateful for right now. But that’s totally a result of being lazy about counting my many, many blessings, not because I have nothing to be grateful for. The idea to keep a gratitude journal. Otherwise, I simply don’t take […]