Tag Archives: God

Blessings, Tender Mercies, Mini-Miracles and Early March Thrift Haul: the Hand of God in My Life Lately, Early March 2026

It’s been a few weeks since I shared the hand of God in my life lately. So here is a recap of the blessings, tender mercies and mini-miracles in my life since I last shared, in February, over here. (Then … Continue reading

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Teaching Children to Walk with God Using Bible Stories and Rocks

Ooh this is so fun, especially for you naturally crunchy Christian moms who want to get your 1000 hours outside in 2026 plus instill a love of Bible stories in your children’s hearts. It’s Old Testament stories told with rock … Continue reading

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A New Song About Being a Child of the Covenant: for a Daily Family Tradition After Family Prayer

A few weeks ago I discovered the story behind the image below. It involves Brazilian Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina, who scored a record 9.9 out of 10 surfing in the Olympics. Watch John Hilton III in the video below tell … Continue reading

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The Great Debate About the Great Apostasy with Jacob Hansen and Joe Heschmeyer: LDS Christian vs. Catholic Christian

I’m on a kick, bingeing on this YouTube influencer named Jacob Hansen of @thoughtfulfaith2020. (It’s coincidental, one of my sons grew up with a best friend of the same name. This is a different Jacob Hansen.) It all started at … Continue reading

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The True Story of Eve and the Forbidden Fruit Part II: Where A Linguistic Expert Shares His Knowledge of the Hebraic Language of the Adam and Eve Account

I just love learning all about Eve from the Old Testament. For the Come Follow Christ study this current week, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are studying the Fall of Adam and Eve. I prefer … Continue reading

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The True Story of Eve and the Forbidden Fruit Part I: She is the First Advocate for Women’s Rights (and Men’s Too)

During 2026, my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is studying the Old Testament. For last week and this week we have been studying the Creation and the Fall of Adam and Eve in Genesis, as well … Continue reading

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Some Introductions to Finding Christ in the Old Testament: Dr. John Hilton III, Dr. Lynn Hilton Wilson, Dr. Ross Baron, Some OT Music and More!

It’s a new year of study for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! For 2026 we are studying the Old Testament this year. The study guide of the Church for the OT is over here. I’m … Continue reading

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New Christmas Tradition I’ll Be Doing Every Year From Now On

Even though my oldest is 32, I’m still evolving our Christmas traditions in my family of 7 children, 3 children-in-law, and four grandchildren. Here’s one I tried out yesterday that went well, which I’m going to keep and do next … Continue reading

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God Asked Joseph Smith to See the World Differently, and He in Turn Taught Us To Do So

This past week, in addition to celebrating and thinking about Thanksgiving, I’ve been celebrating inwardly and thinking about Joseph Smith. That’s because the topic for the Come Follow Christ study was the testimony and martydrom of Joseph Smith. Because of … Continue reading

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She Went From Liberal Epsicopalian Priest to LDS Farm Wife and Homeschooling Mom: Meredith’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ

I watched this interview yesterday and thoroughly loved it! It’s about Meredith. As a child, she had a feminist mom who raised her to be independent. thinking that marriage and motherhood were not needed as a woman. She was intensely … Continue reading

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