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Stories, scripture, and slow walks
Short reflections on faith, focus, and the Savior's love.
- Scripture ·
Standing on holy ground
He was dying, and his wife and two children had just been baptized. He reached out with what strength he had left and told me he wanted to go to church.
- Scripture ·
The length was never the measure
My son was serving in Ghana when the email came. "Bishop, we need to talk." He was coming home early, and my first reaction was not Christlike.
- Scripture ·
The number was never the measure
For a long stretch of my mission, I kept score. It took me almost a year to understand that I had made it about numbers instead of people.
- Story ·
The three days that changed everything
We did not baptize anyone. They were still the best three days of my entire mission.
- Story ·
He doesn't assign you to a place. He assigns you to a person.
I was transferred before I ever saw her baptism. Years later I finally understood why I was sent there at all.
- Story ·
The woman I didn't remember
I had no idea that afternoon meant anything. The Savior did.
- Behind the Book ·
It's here. Thank you.
The book is out today. Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen.
- Scripture ·
"Come and see"
The Savior's first recorded words to a would-be follower in John's Gospel are not a sermon. They are an invitation: come, and see.
- Behind the Book ·
Why I wrote this book
It started as a letter to my sister. Then it sat in a drawer. Then a prompting showed up, and I ignored it for far longer than I should have.