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My sweet daughter Holland taught me a powerful principle one day in a discussion with my wife as she was playing with the home phone. My wife walked in the room and Holland was playing with the phone ...

A few years ago, on a Saturday my wife left me in charge for the day of our daughter Holland. Holland was two-and-a-half years old and needed constant monitoring at that age. At times I am not the bes...

Recently a friend and employee with our company was reading one of the Greater Views Series books. She is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints. She came to me with a powerfu...

A few years ago, my wife and I did something I thought I would never do: go to a Kenny G. concert. Kenny G is a world-renowned saxophone player. He is one of a very select group in the world that can ...

As a full-time missionary in Eastern Canada, one of the most amazing people I met was a lady named Greta. Greta and her husband and three children were taught by many wonderful missionaries early in m...

Elder Marion G. Romney defined conversion in this manner: “Converted means to turn from one belief or course of action to another. Conversion is a spiritual and moral change. Converted implies not mer...

I had a conversation recently with a friend who is a priest quorum advisor. This good brother has a young man in his quorum who he is trying to ignite with a little desire to spark an increase in test...

There is something I like to call the General Conference phenomenon. Every six months when I sit down and listen to General Conference with earnestness and sincerity it changes my heart. When I take n...

I will never forget my son Tanner’s tender petition to the Lord at the age of nine. He reminded me of how his desires were ignited through the driver of desire that is fasting. We had a father-son int...

When I was in my first year of dental school, one of the last classes we had that year was called “Prevention.” It was a class about helping patients prevent dental disease and gum disease. One of the...

As a missionary, my companion and I taught a lady who was filled with faith, her name was Faye. She was one of those golden contacts, who had been prepared for the gospel for a long time. We were teac...

Let me conclude this section with the parable of the particleboard. When boards are cut from all types of trees and after wood planks are shaped and honed, there are remnants— shavings, wood chips and...