by | Sep 1, 2008 | Conventional Missionary Work, Meeting People at the Crossroads, Member Missionaries, Missionary Work
I was 15-years-old and walking down the halls of my high school in a tiny Colorado town. Other than my family, and two others, we were the only Mormons in town. It was the 70’s, Donny and Marie ruled the airwaves, the hippy movement was in full force and life...
by | Sep 1, 2008 | Conventional Missionary Work, Meeting People at the Crossroads, Member Missionaries, Missionary Work
Joseph Smith, Jr. said: “A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled...
by | Aug 29, 2008 | Member Missionaries, Missionary Work, Online Missionary Work
Sometimes we just need to remember–remember to put what we desire to do in the front of our minds. Like sharing the gospel. At the end of the day, what really matters? That we were nice, honest, good to our children, friends and co-workers, and that we opened...
by | Aug 29, 2008 | Conventional Missionary Work, Meeting People at the Crossroads, Member Missionaries, Missionary Work, Online Missionary Work
All of us recall President Benson’s challenge to flood the earth with the Book of Mormon. I remember living in Florida and buying a couple of cases of softbacks. I wondered where the Lord wanted them to go. One day, as I was driving on the freeway with my...
by | Aug 29, 2008 | Member Missionaries
I need my sleep but I have to remind myself that the Lord doesn’t. He cares about our salvation, our thoughts, our hearts 24/7; He is constantly working behind the scenes and sometimes stage-front with everyone. I love the metaphor of the almond tree in...
by | Aug 28, 2008 | Meeting People at the Crossroads, Member Missionaries
I have often wondered if the anxiety many of us feel about sharing the gospel stems from a tendency to rely more on ourselves than on the Lord. When we realize that it is His work and that He is willing to lead us in it, we can be prompted to talk to those who are...
