by Bernell Taylor | Aug 8, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Hope, Peace, Prayer
There are followers of Jesus Christ who have had dramatic revelatory experiences like seeing an angel or hearing a voice. Then there are those who grew into their faith as naturally as getting taller. Dana is such a person. She just always knew The Church of Jesus...
by Bernell Taylor | Aug 8, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Family, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Gratitude, Happiness/Joy, Marriage, Parenting, Service, Simplicity, Values
You can’t see your nearest neighbor because their house is five miles away. If you need a gallon of milk, that’s 25 miles into town, and your church is nearly an hour away by automobile. So why would you choose to live on a farm in the middle of the vast...
by Bernell Taylor | Aug 7, 2025 | Depression/Suicide, Endure to the End, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Hope, Marriage, Prayer, Spanish: Español, Trials
ENGLISH Even the great challenges of poverty, family estrangement or severe depression can be overcome through the power of faith, prayer, and perseverance. Ricardo and Paulina learned this in their lives, and have found happiness even during those difficult times....
by Bernell Taylor | Aug 5, 2025 | Endure to the End, English, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Marriage, Simplicity, Trials
At 102 years of age, you’d think Gertrude Gross should be coasting to a stop. But no! Her greatest desire is that she can always remain faithful to her precious beliefs. Baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 16, Gertrude has...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 23, 2025 | Death/Grief, Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Hope, Marriage, Peace, Tagalog, Trials
ENGLISH Losing a loved one to death is one of the greatest challenges of mortality. It causes one to look deeply into their faith, and rely on a longer view than just this life. For Lucy, that perspective did not erase the pain of losing her husband to death, but it...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 18, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Dutch, Endure to the End, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Gratitude, Values
ENGLISH In spite of her Catholic upbringing, Els knew from age six that God, Christ and the Holy Ghost were separate beings. So when she met missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that was her first question. And once she learned that...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 17, 2025 | Atheist/Agnostic/Non-Christian, Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Values
What is it about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the critics are so vehemently against? Why does the Church have so many rules, some of which we may not understand? Where can truth be found? Are we to simply agree without thinking? All these...
by Bernell Taylor | Jun 27, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Faith Crisis, Family, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Trials
One of the greatest challenges of life is when you become a parent, then a grandparent, and your posterity wanders away from the principles you worked so hard to teach. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Calvin and Jean know how important...
by Bernell Taylor | Jun 27, 2025 | Depression/Suicide, Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Faith Crisis, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Marriage, Trials
So often in life we may complain about how tough things are. “We didn’t sign up for this,” we might say. But it is those times of struggle that try our souls and refine us into something far greater than we ever could experience without them. As...
