We’re With You Summary We’re With You: Counsel and Encouragement from Your Brethren is a book packed full of wise life counsel for millennials from the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ”This is your world. The future is in your hands. The outcome is up to you.” With those simple…
Unstuck by Robert Reynolds is a how-to manual for repentance. But it’s not just an ordinary how-to manual, because we all learned the steps of repentance in Sunday School, right? This book is more of a primer in how to achieve lasting repentance, how to make real changes in our lives and our hearts and…
To serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can be an amazing, life-changing experience. It can also be challenging, but perhaps less so with the proper preparation. I have known many young missionaries and, on occasion, asked them how they prepared and what they did before they became…
The Way Back to Heaven: The Parable of the Crystal Stairs is a thought-provoking book by well-known Latter-day Saint author S. Michael Wilcox. In the Old Testament book of Genesis, we read the story of the Tower of Babel where the people thought they could get to heaven by building a tower, which they would…
To build a house that will last and be sturdy, you need a strong foundation and a good plan—a blueprint. To build God’s church and have it last, you also need a blueprint. Where do you find such a blueprint? By studying Christ’s church as He established it during His earthly ministry. The Blueprint of…
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a friend who could tell you what you needed to hear (not just what you wanted to hear) when you were facing challenges in life? That’s the premise of To My Friends—Messages of Counsel and Comfort, this collection of messages from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle…
Are you ready for an adventure? Let’s Embark! This great talk Embark by John Bytheway is the perfect way to kick off this year’s youth theme for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this talk that introduces the theme, John focuses on what it means to embark—and how to not only embark, but…
The Christmas season is nearly upon us and it’s time to start planning and celebrating in earnest. Oh, and shopping. Lots of shopping. At least it feels that way if you watch TV, read the paper or listen to the radio. It makes it seem that this season is all about gifts and parties and…
The Miracles of Jesus Review I could spend a lifetime studying the life of Jesus Christ and still have so much more to learn. For the past few weeks I have been reading and pondering on The Miracles of Jesus, inspired by a new book of the same name by Eric D. Huntsman, associate professor…
One of the best parts of LDS General Conference is the stories. I love the personal stories shared by our prophets, general authorities and other leaders. It makes teaching so much more personal and gives us little glimpses into their lives and the events that have made them who they are today. And, of course,…
