TheDiscipleMD There are many that wander from the heritage of their parents spiritual teachings. If we happen to be one of them, I am convinced that the foundation of our lives are laced with blessings of happiness that come from faithful parents who have obeyed the commandments as revealed through the Holy Scriptures and the […]

TheDiscipleMD The eight-year old boy stood up and frightfully approached the pulpit. It was the early 1960’s in Junior Sunday School at church. He had memorized his talk and gone over it again and again. But somehow it didn’t give the boy total confidence in telling the story of Daniel as he began his talk. […]

TheDiscipleMD Many years ago I was sitting on the stand at my home ward when the fire alarm went off in the middle of Sacrament Meeting. As the presiding officer, it was my responsibility to handle the situation. I wasn’t upset, as I had heard the fire alarm go off several times during the course […]

TheDiscipleMD It was early evening when I stood on my porch while surveying the yard work I had done that day. Out of the corner of my eye I caught the glimpse of a figure of a lone man walking down the sidewalk towards my house. He seemed to be laboring and hunched over as […]

TheDiscipleMD The other day I was watching a romantic comedy with my wife that was on television. It had the typical characters that were searching desperately for true love which would lead to marriage. After awhile I looked at my wife and said, ‘If love isn’t eternal…its tragedy” What I really meant is that if […]

TheDiscipleMD BONE OF MY BONES! (July 25, 2014) “A few years ago my wife and I celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary  on the same day that a famous political couple announced their separation after forty years of marriage. I recall thinking that even after many decades of marriage, you need to continually nourish your relationship!  […]