Were the Fish Biting? My “Come, Follow Me” Moment

Were the Fish Biting? My “Come, Follow Me” Moment

A few Sundays ago, a youth speaker posed a question that kept me thinking the rest of the afternoon. “When the apostles threw down their nets to follow the Savior, were the fish biting?” The answer to that question gives meaning to the story. Were they having a bad...
No Thing Is Sacred

No Thing Is Sacred

In early December, we arrived home to discover that the stand for our Christmas tree had broken and sent the tree and all the ornaments crashing to the ground. We started cleaning up, piling most of the items on the piano until we got a new tree. Most of the ornaments...
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

I remember when I was about 8, I asked my mom for a brother for Christmas.  Considering that my parents had just gotten divorced, that was going to be a bit out of the question.  (Around this time, I also thought that anyone that was an in-law was a lawyer....