Sunday Sabbath Studies

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS – April 2020 The first time I attended Education Week on BYU campus, the very first day, in fact, just after parking my car for the day, campus map in hand, a woman stopped me. “Do you know where the Conference Center is?” I thought for a second. …

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS – April 2020 I’ve read this General Conference talk by Elder Renlund a few times over now. The way I feel reading his words is how I want to feel more often in my life. He draws our thoughts toward gratitude and love and awe – these are …

Earlier this week our neighbor invited us to swim in her pool. We took her up on the offer, and we brought another family with us. It was so fun. Shortly before we left, the father of the other family got off work early and joined us in the pool. The children were thrilled! Dads …

ALL IN – Episode 64 Last night, for family movie night, we decided to watch Sherlock with the children. Brilliant BBC series! Intense, for sure. But it was also a bit scary – this particular episode, anyway. And three of the children ended sleeping on the floor in our bedroom when it came time for …

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS – April 2020 It has been a beautiful experience since writing my last SPIRITUALLY DEFINING MOMENTS post, thinking on other moments when I’ve received communication from Heaven – and I know it, and I know that God knows that I know it. “These spiritually defining moments come at …

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS – April 2020 We were challenged, as Christians, to look for ways in which we #HearHim. This has been on my mind for a long time – even before the official challenge from the Church. How do I hear Him? How does He communicate with me? Peace. …

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS – Oct 2007 I remember where I was sitting when I first heard Julie Beck’s General Conference address: Mothers Who Know. The address was short – barely 8 minutes long. And it was gutsy. I remember well the thoughts I had, hearing her speak, and the feelings …

BROOKE SNOW THE PODCAST – Episode 71 Let’s look back at the Brother of Jared’s experience with the Lord, again, in our SUNDAY SABBATH STUDIES today. “In the Book of Mormon, we find the story of the Brother of Jared. He lived with his family in Jerusalem in the time of the Tower of Babel, …

BYU WOMEN’S CONFERENCE – May 1999 Every Spring, Brigham Young University hosts a Women’s Conference, where women from all over the world gather to listen to stories and counsel and words from the prophets, specific to women and mothers. When I got the invitation in my inbox yesterday for this year’s Women’s Conference, to be …

BYU IDAHO DEVOTIONALS – 7 April 2020 Elder Jeffrey R Holland spoke at a-BYU Idaho commencement a decade or more back. His address was shared again, on the BYU-Idaho Devotional podcast just two weeks ago. It is a message that was applicable to the graduating class in 2006, as well as listeners today, in 2020. …