4 Ways to Nurture as Heavenly Father Does
Editor’s Note: This is Part 8 of Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth. To see previous installments, click here. We all aspire to give and receive love: warmth, caring, closeness, sharing. The...
View ArticleReaping What We Sow in Parenting
This is part 9 of Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth. To see previous installments, click here. One morning a mother was loading her several little children into the car to go to the store....
View ArticleThe Backstory of a Great Drama: The Woman in the House of Simon the Pharisee
The Bible gives us only fragments of lives. Characters drop into the narrative without backstories and disappear without descriptions of their futures. We are challenged by the drama that is told but...
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Marriage and the Parting of the Red Sea
There is nothing quite so helpful for humans as total desperation. As long as we have even a sliver of hope that our efforts might resolve our dilemmas, we are likely to keep floundering along. But...
View ArticleTaking a Selfie of Our Culture
On May 5, 2015, Kim Kardashian West will publish worldwide a book titled Selfish. Preorders have already made it a bestseller on Amazon. It promises to be a national sensation. What is the lure of the...
View ArticleLosing Sight of the Purpose of Parenting
Part 10 of Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth Often we do the wrong things in parenting because we have lost sight of our real objectives. We may react to children’s “misbehavior” in order to:...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Purpose of Parenting
This is the last installment in a series from Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth. To read previous articles, click here. The previous articles in this series have detailed the key processes of...
View ArticleTaking the Measure of Our Progress
Most of us wonder how we are doing. In our hearts we pray, “Father, am I acceptable to Thee? Is my progress sufficient? Am I on the path? Will I make it?” I often don’t do what is right. I regularly...
View ArticleHow Do I Solve Those Chronic Parenting Problems?
The following is a Problem Solving Guide for Bringing Up Our Children in Light and Truth. We all feel frustrated and torn by specific parenting dilemmas at times. We feel an impulse to act in one way,...
View ArticleThe War between Self-esteem and Salvation
Have you ever made yourself absolutely miserable—so miserable that you wanted to die? I have. As a young man I had aspirations to become noble and good. I wanted to be a good latter-day saint and a...
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Taking Your Marriage From Misery to Joy
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. Mom says I was a pleasant baby. As I grew, I must have become less pleasant. I remember spending a lot of my growing-up years annoying and...
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Marriage: The Gift to See beyond the Present
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is Part 2 from Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see Part 1, click here. “And again, verily I say unto you, that whoso...
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Jesus Tells Your Story
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 3 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. In the...
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The Only Way to Heal Our Marriages
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 4 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. I used to...
View Article“Sacrifice Brings Forth the Blessings of Heaven”
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 5 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. Afflictions...
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Finding Joy in Godly Sacrifice
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 6 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. Heavenly...
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Overcoming Daily Irritations in Marriage
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 7 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. The last...
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Why Faith is Essential in Marriage
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 8 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. Setting the...
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How Faith Can Transform Your Marriage
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE. The following is part 9 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous sections, click here. Elder Hafen...
View ArticleThe Paradoxical Power of Humility
To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is part 10 of a series from the book, Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage. To see the previous section, click here. Nancy and I...
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