Gospel thoughts

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies

I love how ever since Elder Bednar gave that talk in General Conference, it’s just part of the vernacular. I’m trying to do too many things at once.  I tend to do this in my life.  And then I become overwhelmed and go to bed.  Anyway, today I’m trying to finish painting my bathroom.  I…

Blessings: Version 2008

Blessings: Version 2008

On Tuesday, we received some bad news. It seems the state legislature has given some pretty big budget cuts to all state universities. In this economy, such things are to be expected. We’ve known about the cuts for quite a while, and hoped that the music department would somehow escape the consequences because they didn’t…

Blessings: Version 2006

Blessings: Version 2006

Every year at Christmas time, as I am trying to “balance the budget,” I begin to reflect on the many blessings we have received in the past year. It never fails that I can see that the windows of heaven have truly been pouring down upon us due to our commitment to paying tithing. In…

The parable of the glasses

The parable of the glasses

My oldest daughter had an eye appointment last week and it turns out she really needed glasses. Her eyes are almost as bad as her dad’s already, and well…she has blind me for a mother. She wasn’t so excited about the prospect of getting glasses until she saw the box of children’s frames that she…