Category: Faith

  • Post-Christmas Letdown

    Post-Christmas Letdown

    I always get a little sad after Christmas. I have very high expectations every holiday season. And I love it all – the music, the family and friends, the gifts, the movies, the lights, the less-mundane-than-usual thoughts and activities. None of these things really have to be limited to Christmastime. If we’re so inclined, we could incorporate…

  • It Is Well With My Soul

    This is a favorite Christian hymn, lyrics written by Horatio Spafford in the 1870s after his 2-yr-old son died in the Great Chicago Fire, his finances fell apart, and his four daughters drowned in a shipwreck. It has been a source of comfort for me. Chris Rice has a great version in his Hymns Project.…

  • Second Annual Cardboard Boat Races

    Fun youth activity last night:

  • Scout Camp 2016

    Scout Camp 2016

    A couple of weeks ago I spent two days and a night at our stake’s Aaronic Priesthood Camp at Aspencrest near Woodland, Utah. I hadn’t planned on making a video, but then I take a few pictures and some slow-motion clips and can’t resist. Here you go: Music by The Lower Lights.

  • Well-known Mormons in the Salt Lake City Cemetery

    Well-known Mormons in the Salt Lake City Cemetery

    If you like cemeteries and you like Mormons, you’ll love the Salt Lake City Cemetery. The oldest known burial here was in 1847, a child named Mary B. Wallace. Two years later, George Wallace was on the committee that recommended the place to Brigham Young. The cemetery covers 120 acres and there are now (September…