The Money Blog

Without minimizing the wondrous blessing of the Atonement, it really is a golden ticket. The difference is that anyone who is willing to expend time, effort and energy can receive the ticketed blessin...

I have a friend in prison that I visit each month. He has been a blessing in my life. As I sit with him he has taught me so much through his life experiences. He has been in prison for ten years and h...

I will call this “the King Mosiah doctrine.” This powerful doctrine has completely changed my approach, my mindset and my life. It is not really Mosiah’s doctrine, but he taught it so powerfully. It i...

A few weeks ago, I was driving behind a few cars as I approached an intersection with a stoplight. The speed limit was 45 mph and that seemed to be the flow of traffic. I was a few hundred feet away f...

Never forget the pattern of the crocodile; a crocodile has 64 teeth, but typically goes through over three thousand teeth in a lifetime. Like the crocodile, we, too, go through thousands of experience...

I have been blessed countless times in my life by the elevation principle. As a young man I had key friends and leaders who motivated and inspired me. As a boy I had a mother who inspired me. As a mis...

A friend of mine recently separated from his wife with all kinds of excuses and justifications. Both she and the children were heart broken and grieving. His excuses were weak, faithless, and dishones...

I am reminded of how far the wicked people of King Noah had forgotten and fallen when their focus shifted from family and God to worldly pursuits. The scriptures say, “Yea, and thus they were supporte...

In our last house we had a stone shower in the master bedroom. If you walked into the shower you would run into a wall, you had to walk in and then turn a corner, and the shower was set back in the co...

We must never forget to make Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ our foundation. Jacob called the Savior a “safe foundation” (Jacob 4:15). The Savior spoke of “a man which built an house, and digged deep...

A man by the name Ebbinghaus did extensive studies on memory retention. Ultimately, he developed a profound resource called the “Forgetting Curve.” The curve measures the decrease in memory retention ...

A few years ago, I was on a treadmill getting some running time in. I was pondering and also listening to music. I was on the treadmill for about twenty minutes when I finally realized something. I ha...