Writing

Essays, talks, and notes about the questions worth sitting with.

Faith · Essay

Warm the Room, Not the Thermometer

When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. Missionary work and ministering are no exception. The invitation to share is good. What I think we get wrong is chasing the number instead of helping each other become more deeply converted.

Impact · Essay

Grow What Pays for Its Water

At today's prices, Utah alfalfa barely pays for itself. It keeps growing because the biggest cost of growing it, a shrinking Great Salt Lake, lands on everyone else. That isn't a free market. It's an unpaid bill.

Faith · Talk

Stay With Him

We come to know Christ by staying with what we do not understand about Him yet, until we can love it and want to become like Him.

Faith · Talk

A Broken Heart

The sacrament is less about what we get, and more about what we give — ourselves; and in the giving, we are made whole.

Faith · Talk

One Step Enough

His commandments, invitations, and promises teach us to walk toward Christ one step at a time — a lamp at our feet, not a map of the distant scene.

Faith · Talk

The Ultimate Bridge of Charity

Charity is love that builds a bridge for someone else—and Jesus Christ built the ultimate bridge home.