Visitors Are Welcome But Do They Feel Wanted? In the past few years, I’ve moved a lot. Between moving and traveling it has afforded me the opportunity to attend more than 20 different congregations across the united states. Ranging from family wards to small branches. From all my travels I have learned something. Every …
Latter-day Saint Life
The Three Levels Of Discipleship. Discipleship. It’s a word we use to describe our attitude and commitment to God. But there are many types of disciples, and they are not created equally. Our discipleship and responsibility are based on our motivation to follow Christ.
Many times in my life I have heard teachers give their versions of, “Don’t pray for patience.” When I was younger I would agree with my teachers but now I don’t.
10 Things President Benson Taught That Every Mother Should Do. Recently I was listening to old conference talks when stumbled across a talk from April of 1992 where President Benson gave a list of 10 things he asked the mothers of the church to do. He follows up with saying that the men of …
Men are that they might have joy! But sometimes our culture keeps us from the Joy that comes from living the Gospel. Here are three ways!
Mormons, just the word often evokes strong emotions. But often, it also carries a lot of misconceptions. As a Latter-day Saint who lived in the “Buckle” of the Bible Belt, I always had people asking what religion I was, I would always tell them “I am a Latter-day Saint” very quickly as I would talk the …
As my mission drew to a close my Mission President held a Zone Conference. He was going home that transfer and opened it up to a Q&A at the end. I vividly remember one question, Elder Hansen from Idaho stood up and in a very thick Idaho farmer accent asked: “President Wilkey, how do I …
My family has been heavily involved in scouting for decades. My older brother worked at scout camp for years and my younger brother met his fiancee while they were both working on the staff at a BSA summer camp this past year. We love the BSA. And I, along with all my brothers, am an …
All of the Restoration is built upon our claim of Priesthood Authority. Yet far too many members get the Priesthood completely wrong. Here are 4 examples of how we are missing the boat with the Priesthood.
One of the most shocking things I have learned from my interactions with other Christians is how many of them believe doctrines only The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches. Often they believe their church teaches and believes them also, but they don’t. These doctrines just make sense to our souls and people naturally …