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 | Jul 5, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Family, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Gratitude, Happiness/Joy, Hope, Parenting, Physical and Emotional Disabilities, Service, Trials
When Elizabeth bounced from church to church in her earlier years, she was looking for a permanent home for her faith. She needed Jesus Christ in her life to help care for her special needs daughter, Cora. Then, when Elizabeth found The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 4, 2025 | Death/Grief, Divine Guidance, English, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Service
It took three generations of patient, charitable service before Charlotte’s family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Drop by drop, a cake here, a loaf of bread there, a load of clean laundry and many prayers of faith. But once it happened,...
by Bernell Taylor | Jun 25, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Missionary Service, Service
When the missionaries knocked on the door of the group home, Heidi invited them in and fed them. “They kept coming back and I’d feed them again,” she jokes. “I should have never fed the missionaries.” Thanks to a very clear answer to her...
by Bernell Taylor | Jun 22, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Faith Crisis, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Hope, Prayer, Service
For some, a commitment to follow Jesus Christ as a diligent disciple may not last. Sometimes we take a detour that makes us forget the fire we felt when freshly converted. But for Harris, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his road back home...
by Bernell Taylor | Jun 22, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Extended Family, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Hope, Marriage, Peace, Service, Values
Since the Restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church has built hundreds of temples all around the world. But Why? Isn’t a temple just another name for a chapel? In this Faith Story, Wayne and Teresa Tiefenbach explain the...
by Bernell Taylor | May 28, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Faith Crisis, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Hope, Marriage, Service, Simplicity
Bev first met members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while a high school exchange student, which piqued her interest. So, when she returned home, she reached out to the missionaries to learn more. “That was the best decision I ever made in my...
by Bernell Taylor | May 22, 2025 | Divine Guidance, Endure to the End, English, Faith, Faith Crisis, Friendship, Gratitude, Hope, Service, Simplicity, Values
Wayne knew God was real, but how could He allow his dad to die, then his grandfather? What kind of God was He? Then, through a series of miraculous interventions by some very good people, Wayne began to understand God. After joining The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by Bernell Taylor | May 14, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Faith, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Hope, Missionary Service, Service, Simplicity, Values
When Michael was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of eight, he was happy to join “the herd of God,” as he puts it. But as his testimony grew, he learned a very different viewpoint. “God knows us...
