Returning to Zion
Elaine Earl passed away. My heart skipped a beat when I learned that. Elaine . . . gracious, thoughtful, poised, composed. She was near death for as long as I knew her. Longer. When her...
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Five Things History of Us My Favorite Things The Women Things That I Think About
Jesus Christ is the Strength of Youth!
In the October 2022 General Conference, Elder Dieter F Uchtdorf gave a message entitled “Jesus Christ is the Strength of Youth.”1 It was in that message that the church announced the new “For the Strength...
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Easter Talk 2021
This talk was excruciating to get through. I didn’t even attempt to “present” – I just read the whole thing, keeping my eyes and face down. I knew if I looked up I would burst...
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A Gospel Truth
A couple weeks ago, while cleaning my kitchen, I was listening to the BYU Devotional ago about agency. [It was on in the background and I never even looked up to see who was speaking,...
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I Think I Think Too Much
ON Minimalism We decided we’d put our house on the market as soon as we got home from Hawaii, around May 15th. In anticipation of that I packed the basement up – books, movies, wrapping...
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Trust in the Lord and Remember Your Training
This is a copy of Wyatt’s High Council talk that he’s been giving on the circuit this year. I like it a lot, so I stole it when he had it open on his google...
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It Seems to Me We’re Supposed to Be Friends
Today our family was asked to speak on friendship and fellowshipping in the gospel. What a fantastic topic to discuss among you, my friends! When I was growing up I suffered from a painfully shy...
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Sunday – The Book of Mormon
Last winter I was awake in the early hours with a little one. As I rocked the baby in the pink-grey light, I really tried to meditate on the things that challenge me. One thing I...
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Sunday: I Was A Stranger
March was a hard month. An incredibly hard month. Wyatt was way too busy, and I was stretched way too thin. Between work and his new calling (which during March did not relieve his time...
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Wyatt’s Sacrament Meeting Talk
Wyatt and Scott were asked to speak after their return from Argentina. Here is a copy of Wyatt’s talk. (It might be noted that he did not give this talk. Scott spoke for um, 30 of the 35...
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Inch by Inch and Row by Row
I have been in the process of planting my garden the past week and a half. Today I planted the corn and sunflowers . . . 3 rows, 100 feet each, every four inches. And...
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Easter Sunday Talk
Two weeks before Easter I got a call at 11:00 at night. It was Wyatt, who was over at the church having Bishopric. He asked if I would talk on Easter. I was asleep when...
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Troubled Times
*This is a long Andrea rant. If you don’t want to read, I won’t be offended. But if you do, you will learn something about our family that I haven’t announced formally. The Ensign article...
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The Widow’s Mite and the Mother’s Might
There is the parable of the widows mite – in my mind a tale of the importance of generosity, of humility, of sacrifice. Of financial effort to build the kingdom of God. A testimony of...
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A New Little Addition to Our Family
Today we added a monumental piece to our “puzzle” of life . . . Today we bought a cabin. Now, you probably already know that it was a conversation about having a cabin together someday...
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Israel, Israel, God is Calling!
This year I have been thinking . . . a lot . . . and there’s one particular subject that has spun round in my head as I’ve tried to find my own conclusion to...
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Believing God
Remember that part in The Hiding Place where the sister, the one who isn’t in the book very much, well, the Nazi’s show up at her house, and ask her point blank if her housekeeper...
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The Proclaimation on the Family Proc Week 2010
Two years ago I did “Proc Week” – the first week of November, where I discuss The Proclamation on the Family, and what it means to me. Last year I did Proc Week again. But...
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Family Week 2009
It’s time once again to celebrate the family. This week I’ll be writing my thoughts on this eternal institution. My writing will be centered around The Family: A Proclaimation to the World. This Divinely inspired...
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A Principle Centered Life
Family Week 2009 The family begins with the individual. Each member of a family has the responsibility to lift, to inspire, and to strengthen each other. In view of this responsibility, we need to live...
The Rest of the StoryThe Political Family Proc Week
I don’t mean that title as a reference to my family’s political views or involvement (although that will inevitably come to light through this discussion) but rather the family as a political topic and issue....
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This week is dedicated to the family,and I will be writing my thoughts on this fabulous subject, with the The Family: A Proclamation to the World as my outline. I will be quoting various parts...
The Rest of the StoryA Divine DestinyProc Week
Did you know I have a divine destiny? Seriously. I do. I also have a divine nature. Yep. I’m pretty much a goddess. At least . . . at some point on the time-space continuum...
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