Thomas S. Monson, Prophet of God

When I was very young, a visiting leader came to our church to divide one “stake” (group of congregations), into two stakes. This man was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church) and was ordained to be a “special witness of Jesus Christ”. In my childish naivety, […]

Missionary Work through Links

Get this badge for your Web site
The More Good Foundation has produced “badges” (see example above), which are graphical icons that can be added to a website, a blog or a social networking page to do online missionary work.  People who click on the image are sent to LDS.net. Visit this page to see samples […]

Walt Disney Was a Failure (Which Helped Him Succeed)

Disneyland and Disneyworld are the most famous and successful theme parks in the world. The Walt Disney Company is now the third largest entertainment company in the world with 133,000 employees and $60 Billion in revenue. According to Fortune magazine, in 2007, Disney is America’s most admired entertainment company.
According to Newsweek, the Disney brand is […]

50+ Witnesses of Jesus Christ

At the end of this beautiful Easter day, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ about 1974 years ago, I add my witness to millions of others about Jesus Christ. I know He atoned for our sins in Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary where he was crucified. He overcame the […]

31 Symbols at the Birth of Jesus Christ

On this beautiful Easter when we celebrate the resurrection of the Savior, I remember a gospel doctrine lesson I taught over a year ago about the symbols at the birth of Christ. Most of the members of the class had heard and read the story of the birth of Christ many times and knew […]

New Communication Means to Hear the Words of the Prophets

In the October 1981 General Conference, which I believe was his first as a member of the First Presidency, Gordon B. Hinckley gave us the following prophetic counsel:
“With the growth of the Church, we likely could never build a hall large enough to accommodate all who would wish to assemble in one place. […]

Modern Prophets

We have living prophets today, just as the people in biblical times. The More Good Foundation has launched a new website at ModernProphets.com with profiles about the ministries of ancient and modern prophets. This website helps explain prophetic patterns, how prophets are called, how we can discern a true prophet from a false […]

Standing in Holy Places by a U-Haul

I was recently driving a large U-Haul moving truck and stopped in Beaver, Utah for gas. After filling up, I started driving and remembered that my right-side mirror needed to be adjusted. So, I stopped the truck there in the gas station parking lot. As I got out of the truck and […]

Protecting the Integrity of Prophets

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I believe that we are lead by living prophets, just as the Lord’s people in biblical times were lead by prophets such as Moses and Peter. Recently, our prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley passed away, and a new prophet, Thomas S. Monson, was […]

LDS.net, This is the Space…

Over the past year I have had the privilege to work with the More Good Foundation in its amazing mission to do online missionary work. The foundation has recently launched a new website, LDS.net, with tools to help members to missionary work online. I invite you to participate in the site, and to […]