Lessons from the Life of Mack Wilberg

While Mack Wilberg is a world-renowned conductor and composer, he also remains a humble and committed disciple of Christ. Learn from Elder Gerrit Gong how Dr. Wilberg maintains this balance. Dr. Mack Wilberg has been the music director of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square since March 2008; between 1999...

Jesus: My Hope, My Way Home

The Savior’s path is the only path that can take me somewhere that matters, so I’ll always choose to stay with him. I don’t always feel that the Savior is walking with me, that the man who lived a perfect life would care to tag along as I stumble my...

14 Ways to Feel Like You’re Doing Enough

Instead of being discouraged by how far we have to go, we can be encouraged by how far we have already come. When I first started running, I could barely maintain a slow jog for more than a quarter of a mile. I would finish my exercise every morning and...

Protecting God’s Creations

As we appreciate the incredible beauty of God’s creations, we remember that we can play a part in preserving them for future generations. In his BYU forum, “Exploring Nature’s Curiosity Cabinet,” Dr. Paul Alan Cox reflects on the wonders of nature’s curiosity cabinet, which he describes as “compact versions of...

Growing Toward the Light

Plants grow and thrive in sunlight. We grow and thrive in the light of Christ. I love to be surrounded by green, growing, living things; I often find comfort in the thriving plant life in the outdoors. Unfortunately, I don’t have much of a green thumb, and I haven’t had...
Studying the Scientific Details of Creation

Studying the Scientific Details of Creation

Both scientific and religious viewpoints of creation can contribute to a meaningful understanding of the world around us. The debate between creationism and evolution is a rhetorical minefield, and adherents on either side would have us believe that reconciliation is impossible. Yet Dr. Daniel J. Fairbanks has a foot in...
Losing Your Life to Find It

Losing Your Life to Find It

Sometimes we need to give up what we want so we can have what Heavenly Father knows we need most. When we don’t know how to get to where we think we want to be in life, we should remember the Savior’s counsel that “he that findeth his life shall...
Trusting in Our “Promise Keeper”

Trusting in Our “Promise Keeper”

God has promised each of us blessings that we may receive only after this life. How can we trust God and find happiness now? The problem with eternity is that it lasts a really long time. When we are promised blessings, God fulfills them in his eternal time. Sometimes we...
The Illusion of Waiting

The Illusion of Waiting

Although we may have to wait for some blessings, we need not stand still. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all had to put our lives on hold in one way or another. However, pandemic or not, at times we may feel perpetually stuck in the waiting...
Having His Spirit With Us: 4 Ways to Help Us Always Be Repentant

Having His Spirit With Us: 4 Ways to Help Us Always Be Repentant

How can we use repentance and the Atonement daily, even when we don’t think we’ve sinned? When we think of repentance, we often think of making mistakes, taking the sacrament, righting our wrongs, and becoming clean again. But it’s much more than that. Repentance shouldn’t just be used when we...
Curve Ball or Careful Pruning?

Curve Ball or Careful Pruning?

At times, God may seem to throw you a curve ball that is unfair or causes hurt. Those are times of “pruning.” He is preparing you for something greater. You probably have something you are working toward right now. It might be a degree, a job, a trip, or some...