“Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves grow...” — Ezra Taft Benson Quote

Becoming Christlike is a lifetime pursuit and very often involves growth and change that is slow, almost imperceptible.

Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.

In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner.

When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition.

I have a scar on my left thigh, kind of almost near my knee. I essentially fell in the 2002 Olympics and when I hit the wall - because of the impact - my right leg kind of came in at like a knife-type angle and stabbed my leg with my own skate blade.

So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into policies of every imaginable variety, and over almost every square foot of earth, that the control of the American state is a matter of urgency.

What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies. Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognise their names and faces but know almost nothing else about them?

I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.