What I Want My Words to Do

I like blogging, I like to blog because I feel like I have a lot to contribute to the world. I like having a voice. My voice may be small and very few may listen but someone, somewhere may listen and that is good enough. I think it is by small means that great changes can be made. I think that if just one person is able to feel better or do better in their life because of my blog then I have done what I have set out to do. I feel like I have a voice of reason.…

Repentance

Table of contents for First Principles and Ordinances

  1. Faith
  2. Repentance
  3. Baptism
  4. The Gift of the Holy Ghost

Just as Faith is the first principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ, repentance is the second principle of the gospel. Repentance often gets a bad connotation. It usually is regarded as something painful or otherwise unpleasant. To say that most people aren’t exactly fond of repenting is an understatement. I know that in my life I have to overcome the same negative connotations just like everyone else. The nature of repentance…

Be the Change – Be the Joy

You know this past year we held elections where we voted and Barack Obama won.  He promised a campaign of change.  The interesting thing is that his changes although perhaps welcome to some people aren’t the changes that are going to create the greatest amount of joy in the world. You see he is trying to fix a system that isn’t necessarily broke.  The people running it are fundamentally unhappy with their lives.  When that occurs, no amount of change is going to ever be enough.  Because it doesn’t matter how often you move or where you move to, if you…