The Money Blog

Consider this empty bucket challenge. I believe in it, and I am confident that this bucket challenge will work in every case. Find a small empty bucket and label it as “blessings bucket.” Place the bu...

I want to share with you what I will call “the gratitude demonstration.” In a Sunday school class a few years ago, there was a powerful demonstration. One brother volunteered to be a part of the demon...

Many years ago, I had a sacred experience in a priesthood meeting in Newport Beach. Our extended family trip is to Newport every year. We have gone there every summer for the last fifteen years. One o...

President Hinckley shared these concerns about members of the Church many years ago in a regional conference priesthood session. He was concerned about “our tendency to take on the ways of the world.”...

I want to introduce you to something I like to call “forgotten blessings.” We believe in the goodness of God, we believe in His abundant mercy, we believe He is generous, and we believe He wants to sh...

When My daughter Holland was about six she taught me a powerful, humorous lesson in making small adjustments. Frequently when my wife and I would hug in the kitchen her and her brothers would sing a l...

A few years ago, I had a mole on my back that my doctor said looked unusual. As the doctor examined it he decided it needed to be removed. After sending the specimen to the lab it was discovered the m...

Recently I had an experience that I had never had before. I fly every week for my job. This has gone on for about ten years. This means about 100 times a year I sit on an airplane. I was sitting on th...

Chris Paetkau, a wildlife photographer and filmmaker, was flying from Calgary, Canada to Inuvik, Canada with one stop at Yellowknife Airport, before his destination of Inuvik. The dual flights were to...

Amulek, who had fallen away from the truth for a time, reminded us of God’s intentions in our lives when he said: “I did harden my heart, for I was called many times and I would not hear” (Alma 10:6)....

One of the cars we drive for work does not have a rearview mirror. When the mirror broke off, I felt like it was not a very critical feature of the car. After months of driving without the mirror, my ...

God’s hand is in our lives even in the trivial things, things that seem mundane and unimportant. A very recent little tender mercy reminded me that God remembers us even when we are simply having a ba...