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This Week - May 05, 2024
Annie and Mosiah
Broadcast Date: May 05, 2024
I was sitting at my desk working one afternoon when the front door opened and in walked my Annie, just getting home from school. “Daddy,” she called through the house. “Up here,” I said.She came up, flopped down, and with no preamble said, “Is the second coming going to be this year?”How’s that for a report on your day? Well, she went on…
The Skunk
Broadcast Date: May 05, 2024
Many years ago when I was a just boy growing up on the ranch, a friend and I came upon a skunk caught in a trap. That little critter was so hopelessly tangled in the fence that he couldn’t move an inch, at least so I thought. Now, it’s a long story that I won’t bother to tell here, but I decided I was going to let that skunk go. I had…
Is It Worth It?
Broadcast Date: May 05, 2024
If you are like me, sometime today your faith in God is going to ask you to attend a meeting. And if you don’t go, you’ll feel guilty. It’s going to ask you to sacrifice in the form of your time, your effort, and maybe even your money. Now I ask, is it worth it? I mean, all of the effort that you expend to keep the commandments, love God…
Harry's Story
Broadcast Date: May 05, 2024
It is said that in the holy temple families are organized forever. Well, may I share one family’s somewhat unusual story?
Megan grew up in a home where her mother took in foster children and mentally handicapped adults. Hence, when she married and began raising her own children, it seemed natural that she would follow her mother’s…
Lincoln's Proposal
Broadcast Date: May 05, 2024
You know, while we tend to want unending happy hearts and contented days, our Father in Heaven wants something greater for us, and the pathway to that is a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
The story is told of Abraham Lincoln and his courtship of Mary Owens. Now, Abe had met Mary several years before through an association with a…
Last Week
That Incorrigible Class
Broadcast Date: April 28, 2024
One of the greatest keys to our happiness is service. Over the years I’ve worked many different kinds of employment at varying rates of pay, and I’ve come to the conclusion that no one pays better wages than God, and provides a more rewarding working environment while doing so. May I share a story?
“What! Me teach that class of incorrigible teenagers?” Naida thought…
The Master Teacher
Broadcast Date: April 28, 2024
In the time of Jesus, the Feast of Tabernacles was held in October and was one of the three great feasts that the Lord had commanded the Israelites to celebrate. Jesus delayed going up to the great feast effectively heightening the anticipation and speculation surrounding Him.
“Where is he?” the people murmured among themselves. Somewhere midway through the feast He…
The Wisdom of Daniel
Broadcast Date: April 28, 2024
In Moses’ time God cared what His people ate and drank. But today – well, have we advanced so much that He’s no longer concerned with our diet? I promise you, He who never changes hasn’t changed, and He still cares. What we do to our bodies we do to our mind[s] and spirit[s]; what we do to our spirits we do to our bodies, as illustrated by this story.
Nebuchanezzar…
Erastus Snow
Broadcast Date: April 28, 2024
May 6, 1847 – along the Platte River on the Oregon Trail:
29-year-old Erastus Snow was given the responsibility to watch over the cattle belonging to the Mormon Vanguard Company as they journeyed west. The reason why – they were in buffalo country, and if those valuable cattle were not carefully guarded, they would wander into the immense herds of the Buffalo making…
Only God Gives A's
Broadcast Date: April 28, 2024
You know, sometimes life would be so unfair if we didn’t have an omnipotent friend for a friend, as this story illustrates.
Bret entered the university majoring in English with his eyes set on going to law school, but he would have to get straight A’s in order to get in. Well, that’s all well and good, but unfortunately one of his professors was on a personal…
