We are all preparing for things to come. That is the purpose of mortal life. ... We are all children of a Heavenly Father who has sent us to earth with the invitation to prepare for eternal life. Every choice, every experience, every repentance and reformation prepares us for what is to come.

Our Savior gave Himself in unselfish service. He taught that each of us should follow Him by denying ourselves of selfish interests in order to serve others.

Priesthood power blesses all of us. Priesthood keys direct women as well as men, and priesthood ordinances and priesthood authority pertain to women as well as men.

I believe many of us are overnourished on entertainment junk food and undernourished on the bread of life.

Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.

If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.

Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding Fathers called civic virtue.