[mashshare] My oldest child, Oakli Shane, will celebrate her 16th birthday in a few days. How can this...
Think people, not pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving
[mashshare] This Thanksgiving, I’m overwhelmed by the notion that our Heavenly Father puts people in our lives for...
Open letter to the woman in seat 5D: Thank you for the gift
[mashshare] Dear woman in seat 5D: On Nov. 11, we flew together on Delta from Salt Lake City...
Baptism, brownies and what matters most
[mashshare] I was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, Feb....
Bull rider and princess create stir at middle school
[mashshare] (Originally published on October 31, 2011.) The charge from the middle school principal was clear: if you choose...
A lesson on forgiveness by Senator Malcolm Wallop
[mashshare] I could barely breathe the first time I met him. He had grey, wavy hair on the...
Questions about Mitt Romney’s faith are fair game
[mashshare] This isn’t the first column you’ve read about the role of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ‘s...
Esther and the Pocatello ‘tender mercy’
[mashshare] I’d already been on the road seven days by the time I rolled into Pocatello, Idaho, in...
Letters make for a sincere, lasting wedding gift
[mashshare] Some might call my obsession with handwritten letters unhealthy. I prefer words like dedicated, single-minded, impassioned or...
Adultery, forgiveness and divorce
[mashshare] Many years ago, two of my friends stood at the altar and were married before God, friends...