My wife Kari and I have recorded some of our children's favorite children's stories, for our grandchildren and others. You might enjoy them as well. You can watch all of these using this playlist. In this video Kari reads the children's book Old Noah's Elephant by Warren Ludwig https://youtu.be/uUWhyM9IaI8 Old Noah's Elephant Kari reads the … Continue reading Children’s Stories
Bicentennial of the First Vision We do not know the exact day of the First Vision of Joseph Smith, wherein he witnessed God, the Eternal Father, and his Son Jesus Christ, but we do know it was the Spring of 1820. The organization of the church was on April 6th, 1830; because I have noted … Continue reading My Testimony of the Restoration from an Impactful Teacher
The Importance of Good Questions Good questions can be very powerful things. They can lead to major insights. But what about when a question can't be immediately answered; does it create doubt, or might its simple existence show something else? I am a lifelong student of the Book of Mormon. How it undergirds my life … Continue reading A Good Question: What was the size of the Jaredite Record
I have come to sense that God's response to the COVID-19 epidemic if he were in my place would be to stay home and make as little physical contact with others as possible. You might wonder how one could come to that conclusion. I'll explain. A Divine Influence I am a member of the Church … Continue reading Stay Home
I finished 2nd Timothy on December 31, 2019. Although I did not finish reading the later epistles, and my study of the Gospels this year did not progress my Harmony of the Gospels a great deal, I’ve done OK at doing what is needed to increase my gospel scholarship. So what did I learn of Paul’s … Continue reading Pauline Epistles
When Christ comes again, it will be the conclusion of terrible destruction throughout the world. Some, often the oppressed, believe the destruction will have been his retribution for all the pains he suffered. And surely that is true, for the scriptures say so. But as I survey his life, as an obscure child in a … Continue reading Blameless
The following is an extract from my journal about how duty and routine can help us in the midst of our trials. Monday, August 28, 2006 09:27 AM Buffalo, NY Duty I am definitely not excited to be here. But I read this quote nearly first thing when I boarded the flight this morning in … Continue reading Duty and Routine
A young friend of mine serving a mission for my church wrote in his weekly e-mail, "This week has been very slow we are having trouble finding people to teach. But we are working on it. " I responded with the following: I enjoy hearing about your work...and as you describe the difficulties of not having … Continue reading The Virtue of Killing Time (or Being Killed By It?)
The recent church announcements about temples have included it seems a disproportional number building temples on some very small islands, including Guam, Canary Islands, Okinawa Japan, Pago Pago America Samoa, Neiafu Tonga, and San Juan Puerto Rico. These places would never have the church membership necessary to justify a temple on the islands, simply because … Continue reading Isles of the Sea
In my Sunday school class, the teacher explained that unlike many of his epistles were to known contacts he knew, but this epistle was to a congregation he did not personally know. That point made me realize Rome was the most cosmopolitan city of this day. The congregation would likely have been like many of … Continue reading The Epistle to the Romans
Kip on Character 