An Interview with David Butler Worship team. Questioning procedures. Small group teaching sessions. Sacrament as the week’s highlight. Encouraging members to share more of the messiness of their lives. For young Bishop Butler and his ward council, these were the...
I have had many long conversations with the rising generation regarding money and what we call financial fitness. I have enjoyed being a judge in collegiate entrepreneurial contests and hearing firsthand their dreams and aspirations. I have employed more than 10,000...
The LGBT Saints Virtual Summit is almost here. It all begins on September 8th. To register for this online conference for FREE CLICK HERE “Ashley” is a lifelong active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a BYU graduate. She and her husband...
Skye Fagrell is a bishop, religious educator, and the best-selling author of “More Fit 4 The Kingdom”. He received a bachelor’s in Visual Arts and a minor in Coaching & Teaching Physical Education from Brigham Young University and completed his master’s in...
In a world that has been anxious over COVID-19, the economy, and now cries for equality and social justice, where can we find hope for a more positive culture of diversity, equality, and health? What can we do to alleviate the suffering, judgment, and unrest that is...
Justin Baker lives in the Kirtland, Ohio stake and has a lovely wife and six kids. He has served in the bishopric, the elders quorum presidency, as a stake high councilor, and is currently a primary teacher. He works for a medical device company in Cleveland, over...
Valiant K. Jones grew up in Utah, Indiana, and Idaho, and he attended Brigham Young University where he received a BS degree, summa cum laude with honors, followed by an MS degree, both in chemical engineering. He worked for over thirty-two years in the chemical...
As leaders, it is easy to get caught up in the meetings, classes, councils, and activities that may be required of our callings. However, there is something immensely powerful that we offer our flock when we establish and thrive in habits that reflect the joy, peace,...
In a study of how millennials and the rising generation seek out meaning, it may surprise you to learn what is displacing organized religion in their lives. “How We Gather,” a study by Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile, researchers at Harvard Divinity...
Ryan Snarr grew up in Layton, UT. He is a life-long church meeting doodler and has stacks and books of evidence to prove it. He fulfilled his calling as a missionary in the Lima Perú South mission from 1997-1999, and later was called to serve as a musical missionary...