Our Thoughts Affect Our Feelings
May 20, 2020
In my book, The Founder of our Peace, I describe how researchers did an experiment in which 134 people put their hands into icy cold
Come Follow Me
Fence Laws
May 13, 2020
I share free learning and teaching tips for Come Follow Me. Follow me on Instagram or sign up here for email updates. One of my favorite chapters in The
It’s Okay to Feel Sad
May 6, 2020
This post I authored was recently published by LDS Living. Reposting here. Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of social media posts that go something like
But There Was One
May 4, 2020
The situation was tense—King Noah had just commanded that Abinadi be put to death. What would you have done if you were there? In one
Abinadi’s Influence on King Benjamin
April 21, 2020
One fascinating aspect of the Book of Mormon is its intertextuality—or in other words, how different Book of Mormon prophets use each other words. While
How I wrote The Founder of our Peace
April 16, 2020
**Warning** long biographical post here. May be TMI for some people. Between 2006 and 2012, I published seven books with Deseret Book. They were all
The Ten Commandments
April 15, 2020
As a missionary, I felt really embarrassed when somebody asked, “What are the 10 commandments?” and I didn’t know the answer. After my mission, I
The Storyline from Omni to Mosiah 25
April 14, 2020
Over the past twenty years of teaching the Book of Mormon I’ve found that many people get confused in the storyline about the book of
Church Leaders and Christ’s Crucifixion
April 7, 2020
Several surveys have shown that when asked about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, most Latter-day Saints emphasize his sufferings in Gethsemane more than his death
Hot Cross Buns
April 5, 2020
Many individuals and families have special foods for Christmas, Easter, and other significant days. I love having Conference Cake each General Conference! Such traditions help