This is not Latter-day Saint doctrine. It’s simply my perspective on how Ward Mission Leaders can effectively augment and strengthen local church leadership, membership and sustained growth with some simple fellowshipping principles.
One of my very favorite callings in the church was as the Ward Mission Leader in White Plains Second Ward, Suitland Maryland Stake, despite a friend’s warning that it... 
In the days of the early Christian church the concept that we lived before we came here to this earth life was a doctrine taught by Christ’s disciples. In the preexistence, or what Latter-day Saints refer to as our first estate, we lived as spiritual beings; sons and daughters of a loving God. At one point, we were asked to choose to follow Father’s plan to come to this earth, receive a mortal... 
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I’ve always been told that there’s some things we were never meant to know or can’t know. Well, that’s just not acceptible to me. I didn’t say I had to understand everything there is to know, but if I have a question about something, like why things are the way they are, I believe you can access that eternal fountain of knowledge and come to a reasonible knowledge of the... 
Have you ever wondered why some people are more successful in life than others? Gallop researchers first sought after some magical talent they thought these special people seemed to be favored with, but they found a wholly different story. They published their findings in a book called, Living Your Strengths, with the idea that if a congregation, business or organization could identify the... 
A few years ago in Raleigh, NC, I was teaching two Baptist families about the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. During our active discussions, one of the participants asked me about our Apostles, comparing them to the Apostles of old. I have decided to share my letter back to them a short while after moving from Raleigh to work in... 
In the beginning it doth seem to me,
Endowed with a mission of no small degree;
Is the cock’s crow in the gospel plan
The signaling call from God to man;
To wake us up from sleep and night,
Into a bright new day filled with His light.
To farmers who plow their spacious fields,
And plant their corn for plenteous yields;
When the sun rises, they need no alarm,
It’s the cock’s crow that signals the... 
In light of a recent article in the New York Times written by someone with a supposed Latter-day Saint pedigree, and the fact that the editor is not taking any more comments, I’ve taken the liberty of adding my comments here. The fact that there were 327 comments before they turned the flood of comments off is indicative that the war on words, definitions and opinions continues full speed ahead. But... 
I have learned a lot of interesting things from my studies in building religious reference books and questioned every statement and verse of the scriptures, like most Latter-day Saints do. I believe it is our responsibility to question everything. How else do we learn? When certain religious concepts have been put to the test by me, through study, thoughtful consideration and prayer, in many cases,... 
As the 2012 Presidential Election and campaign heats up for Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, people want to know more about his beliefs and the world renowned church he is aligned with, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; more commonly referred to as the Mormons.
What are his beliefs? What are the principles he and his family have been taught to live by? How will those beliefs influence... 
Today, I’d like to share my thoughts on a little known term by elaborating on the meanings of the two words that make up the term, Experiential Apologetics. Though I have actually taught this concept for a number of years, I have never really written my thoughts on the subject until now – so here they are.
Though I thought for a time that I had actually made up the term, I learned that... 
Once, a long time ago, I attended a retirement ceremony of a Naval Officer whom I was the designated replacement for his current job. He was retiring to be a school teacher and I was going to lead a fairly important engineering project in Washington DC. We had had an overlap of responsibilities for several months so he got to see me in action while he studied for his State Certifications in preparation... 
After watching the presentation and historical background of the Latter-day Saint broadcast, Music and the Spoken Word, I remembered one unique broadcast that gave me several new perspectives on life and my relationship with God.
About thirty years ago I was piloting my Naval aircraft on a long mission over the North Atlantic. We took off at a very early hour into a miserable overcast, sleeting, wintery... 
We have plans to publish our Russian adoption story more fully, but since that is a project in the making, I felt to share the lessons we learned that lead to what my wife and I feel was a successful adoption and wonderful experience. Many of these lessons apply to any adoption scenario and with any nationality. Enjoy and God Bless you as you consider or pursue this worthwhile endeavor. We are the ones who... 
A recent calling to serve as a volunteer providing church services at the Utah State Prison and recent loss of a son to substance abuse has changed my perspectives on judging another person based on what we see with our eyes and not in righteousness. This article discusses my observations of the inmates who pursue a change of heart that accompanies the sincere application of the atonement of Jesus Christ... 
