Christmas time leaves me feeling a bit frazzled. I always seem to leave Christmas shopping and gifts until the last minute and end up stressing about them way more than is necessary. A few days ago it dawned on me that Christmas is not far away and that I hadn’t bought or made…
“And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the condescension of God!” 1 Nephi 11:26 My oldest son was born not long before Christmas. His birth was beautiful and has forever changed my feelings about Christmas. As I stared into his sweet, pure face that first Christmas day my heart was overflowing with gratitude…
I know that this is a blog on the women in the scriptures, but there is one man from the scriptures I have been thinking a lot about this Christmas. Joseph, the husband of Mary. It sometimes seems like Joseph gets swept aside in the story of the Nativity. Mary and Jesus are the main…
“According to Thy Word” by Elspeth Young used with the artist’s permission I know I shouldn’t pick favorites but the Gospel of Luke is my favorite book in the New Testament. This is because Luke includes more stories about women in his gospel than any of the other gospel writers. His account is just overflowing…
Last year when Christmas fell on Sunday I loved going to church to celebrate the birth of Christ. It just seemed like the right place to be on Christmas. Yet because the LDS church has no paid clergy (all positions are volunteered by members) church services aren’t usually held on Christmas Day, unless it happens to…
Our lesson in church today was on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. As my husband and I were walking home after church we got into a discussion about if the prophet will know when Christ is going to come again. He mentioned the scripture in Mark 13: 32 that says, “But of that day…
I am going to take a break from blogging for the Christmas season. I have too much on my plate and need a vacation. So I am wishing you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’ll be back in January. I hope you will all still be around. Oh, and for…
Story #1 When I was 15 I begged my parents to buy me a red wool coat. The one I wanted was expensive, really expensive, and so I used every ounce of my persuasive power to convince them that I had to have that coat or else my life would be over. My persistent pleas…
” …the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.” 1 John 2:8 Today is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that today is the shortest and darkest day of the whole year. It is beautiful to me that the time when the world is as dark, cold and barren as…
This Christmas season my heart is a jumble of so many thoughts about Mary. I’ve spent the last year writing about her, dreaming about her, thinking about her, and pondering on all the women and men she would have known in mortality. The more I learn about her the more astounded I am by…
A week before my first son was born I spent a very special afternoon with my Grandmother. She is famous for making wonderful chocolates, especially carmel turtles. They are the best. It was getting near Christmas and I’d convinced her to let me help her make her Christmas chocolates. I went with the hope that…