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Sabbath Devotional :: Remembering My Grandpas
I have two grandpas, which is not unusual. My Grandpa Christensen, who was born in 1918, lived about twenty minutes away from my childhood home. We saw him often. He and Grandma were over for every birthday and special event. They would also drop by our house, or we would go to their place several times a month. We never had especially long visits because Grandpa would get “nervous,” but the visits were frequent. Grandpa called us every morning before school. We’d pass the phone around to quickly say hello to him in between grabbing a piece of toast and teasing our bangs into a frenzy. Grandpa loved numbers. He…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Remember
Alma delivered a stirring sermon to the people of Zarahemla, consisting of dozens of questions: Have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts? Can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? If ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now? (Alma 5) The questions have a single purpose that is summarized in verse 33. “Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and…
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Sabbath Devotional :: Life is Life is Life
My daughter Eve and I found a tiny bird egg while digging underneath a Blue Spruce this week. She carefully rolled the white egg over in her small grubby hands, tenderly inspecting each minuscule speckle. Then looking to me for answers. She asked, “Where mommy-daddy bird go?” I could tell she was deeply troubled why the egg was all alone. I explained that the egg must have fallen from the nest and that the family must be somewhere high in the trees. She proceeded to line up the pine cones she had been playing with. Biggest cone became “daddy pine cone” with the slightly smaller pine cone as “mommy pine…
