by Bernell Taylor | Aug 8, 2025 | Come Unto Christ, Divine Guidance, English, Happiness/Joy, Marriage/Family
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, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Opposition, Perseverance, Spanish: Español
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 6, 2025 | Come Unto Christ, Developing Faith, English, Happiness/Joy
Coming from Ghana to Canada, the first thing Stephen did was search online for a church were he could pray. Fortunately, the one at the top of his feed was The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he determined to check it out. Then he saw a pop-up for the...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 23, 2025 | Death/Grief, Divine Guidance, Happiness/Joy, Perseverance, Tagalog
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 17, 2025 | Atheist/Agnostic/Non-Christian, Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy
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 | Jul 12, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Russian: Русский (Russkiy)
ENGLISH Viktor and Irina wanted to learn English as a second language in their native Russia. Nothing more. But then Viktor and their daughter started staying after class to learn about Jesus Christ and His Restored Gospel from the missionaries. It didn’t take...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 9, 2025 | Cebuano: Cebuano, Developing Faith, English, Happiness/Joy, Marriage/Family, Missionary Service
For each of us, there are decisions or events that can form a kind of tipping point, or rite of passage, after which nothing is ever the same again. For Anne, it began when she determined to hold to her faith, followed by a decision to serve as a full time missionary...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 7, 2025 | Come Unto Christ, Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Marriage/Family
There are irrefutable laws upon which all blessings are predicated. Donna refers to them as a moral compass, while Doug calls it the blessings jackpot. But, by whatever name, the resulting blessings of obeying these laws brings happiness beyond measure. You’ll...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 5, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Perseverance, Service
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...
