November 1st, 2024 
Scott 
TheDiscipleMD “Nothing happens…unless you work. It is like a wheelbarrow. It doesn’t move until you get a hold of the two handles and push…and if you have learned to work with real integrity it will bless your lives forever. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 6 Aug. 1998, Gordon B. Hinckley). One day during my junior year of […]
July 17th, 2024 Scott
TheDiscipleMD The great western movie classic, “High Noon”, tells the story of a town Marshall who is forced to face a gang of killers all by himself. As the Marshall scours the town for help, no one has the courage to come forward to help him, leaving him alone and outnumbered to face the evil that will […]
May 15th, 2024 Scott
The DiscipleMD Below is one of my favorite short stories: THE FORTY WRESTLERS “Long ago in the days when the ruling passion of the Roman Emperor Nero was the extermination of the Christians, there lived and served him a band of soldiers known as the “Emperor’s Wrestlers.” Fine, stalwart men they were, picked from the […]
November 9th, 2023 Scott
TheDiscipleMD The story is told that during a severe storm in Holland a few years ago, a ship was sinking offshore and volunteers manned rowboats to rescue the stranded sailors. It took great courage and strength to row through the treacherous waves in reaching the endangered vessel. Although they finally arrived at the ship, they […]
May 15th, 2023 Scott
TheDiscipleMD There are roles that are being played out behind closed doors in many households that go largely unnoticed by the outside world. One of those is the challenging role of being “The strong one” when it comes to the emotional, spiritual, and temporal nature of a family. In my experience, this role can fall […]
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April 3rd, 2023 Scott
TheDiscipleMD Most disabilities are not visible. In this life, some of us are presented with physical challenges that require courage. Others are presented with moral challenges that require courage. Some of us are presented with both in this life. Over forty years ago I presented my firstborn son before the Lord and his church to give him […]
September 11th, 2022 Scott
TheDiscipleMD I once knew a man who had reached the ripe age of ninety. He is a man who had seen much over his lifetime. At one point in his life he drifted away from the gospel of Jesus Christ. He told the story of how, during that time, he was out horseback riding in […]
June 24th, 2022 Scott
TheDiscipleMD In March of 1965 a movie was released that later became the favorite theatrical release of my future wife. Little did I know that as my Mom, brothers and sisters and I drove to the outskirts of Washington D.C. to meet my Dad, that I would be enjoying the sights and sounds of “The […]