The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.

Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.

We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.

The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness and turn toward the light of the everlasting gospel.

Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.

To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.

Some worry endlessly over missions that were missed, or marriages that did not turn out, or babies that did not arrive, or children that seem lost, or dreams unfulfilled, or because age limits what they can do. I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough....Some needlessly carry a heavy burden of guilt which could be removed through confession and repentance.