Spiritually Creating Our Day Through Prayer
Reg Christensen lives in the Midwest with his wife, Carol. They have seven children and seventeen grandchildren. Reg has fulfilled a variety of callings in the Church and he and Carol have been blessed with many service opportunities as Pathway missionaries and...
Welcoming Young Women into the Bishop’s Office | An Interview with Jennie and Dave Blaser
Jennie Blaser is the ninth of 11 children and has lived all over the world: Hawaii, Utah, California, Arizona, Argentina, Slovenia, and Hong Kong. She served an 18-month mission in one branch in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and speaks English, Spanish, and Slovenian. She...
The 30-Minute Bishopric Meeting
Bishoprics are notorious for long meetings. Unfortunately, two- to three-hour bishopric meetings have become the norm for our leadership culture and many assume that is just part of the gig. Plus, even though long meetings can be draining, they also fill your brain...
I Hesitated Being Called, Mourned Being Released | An Interview with Kayla Shields
Kayla Shields works as a Certified Personal trainer and Nutrition Coach. She earned an associate's degree from LDS Business College and is now headed back to Ensign College to finish a Finance degree. Her church callings have included Primary teacher, Activity Days...
Amplifying Glimmers of Hope
Have you ever heard a great comment from one of our prophets, apostles or general Church leaders that resonates with your soul in a way that you feel compelled to share? Many times I’ve felt like my love of the gospel is going to just burst out of me, but now that I’m...
Being a Young Women Mentor | An Interview with Scharman Grimmer
Scharman Grimmer serves as a member of the Young Women General Advisory Council for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has served as stake and ward Primary president; ward Young Women president, Primary and Relief Society counselor, stake Young Women...
Get the Gospel Working for You
Recently the Church published a fantastic resource found in the Gospel Library to help individuals in a faith struggle, Seeking Answers to Questions and Helping Others with Questions. There’s a lot of great advice and direction there and I would encourage you to spend...
How I Lead as Area Mission Medical Advisor | An Interview with Bryan Murray
Bryan Murray was born and raised in Long Beach, California, served in the Japan Sendai mission, and met his future wife, Kristine Clawson, while attending Brigham Young University when they went skiing together with their home evening group. Bryan attended medical...
Transitions in Our Callings and in Our Hearts
Kevin Gardner has spent almost all of his adult life in church leadership. He has served as a bishop, an elders quorum president, ward mission leader twice, high councilor, a councilor in the San Bernardino California Mission Presidency, and currently serves on a...
Dropping Initials and Tradition
Soon after Elder Patrick Kearon’s call to the Quorum of the Twelve, I came across an old Church News announcement from when Elder Kearon was called as a stake president. I was surprised to see that he was listed with two middle names: Robert David. So why haven’t we...
