A prompting saves David O. McKay and others from certain death This incident is detailed by Virginia Budd Jacobsen. It happened in 1921, while President McKay and Elder Hugh Cannon were making a tour of the missions of the world. After a day of inspiring conference meetings in Hilo, Hawaii,Continue Reading

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jared Kimber U.S. Army, Blackhawk Pilot Iraq, three deployments During my second deployment to Iraq, we were stationed in Kirkuk. As pilots of medical-evacuation helicopters, we have to be ready to pick up wounded soldiers and bring them to the hospital at any hour of theContinue Reading

This story is one of many inspiring stories from the book Faith in the Service:  Inspirational Stories from LDS Servicemen and Servicewomen, compiled by Chad S. Hawkins and published by Deseret Book.  This story comes from First Sergeant David Fillmore of the Utah Army National Guard. This is so inspiringContinue Reading

Brigham Young sustained from heaven In the month of February, 1848, the Twelve Apostles met at Hyde Park, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where a small branch of the Church was established. .. We were in prayer and council, communing together; and what took place on that occasion? The voice of GodContinue Reading

The Golden Crane As a teacher of origami (the ancient Japanese art of paper folding) at the LaFarge Lifelong Learning Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Art Beaudry was asked to represent the school at an exhibit at a large mall in Milwaukee. He decided to take along a couple hundred foldedContinue Reading

Elizabeth and Newell Whitney Meet Joseph Smith Elizabeth Whitney writes of when she and her husband met Joseph Smith, and how that meeting fulfilled a revelation the Whitneys received while praying. “One night, it was midnight—my husband and I were in our house at Kirtland, praying to the Father toContinue Reading

Go To The Football Field When Ken was twelve or thirteen years old, he once accompanied his father to the local trash dump. His dad was driving their truck, and Ken was sitting on the passenger side, near the door. As he was looking out of the window, he hadContinue Reading

See also: The Nature of Prophets and Prophecy On the Fallibility of Inspired Human Leaders or What are your Expectations of Prophets? By Jeff Lindsay (accessed 5.16.16 from http://www.jefflindsay.com/fallible.shtml ) Fallible Prophets–A Scriptural Truth Many critics of the Church, and some critics within, ridicule the concept of revelation in theContinue Reading

Yesterday I taught a youth lesson on spiritual self reliance. As I was teaching, we discussed answers to prayers. A question came up that this quote addresses. What happens if we have a pressing matter, and we don’t feel as if we have a confirmation regarding the choice we areContinue Reading