Hymn Doctrine

I was struck in a new way by the hymn Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (177). The hymn is hardly new to me but it has never before really touched me. I felt the love of the author for his Savior come through the words.

Elder Dunn’s concept of “micro-betterments” (improving something by 1% daily)

I realized that We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Hymn 19) only spends the first half of the first verse talking about a later day prophet. The other 2½ verses are focused on other aspects of the gospel of Christ that we can be thankful for: the blessings from God in our lives, the deliverance that Christ offers, the goodness and mercy of Christ, the light of the gospel in our lives.

Brad Clarke: psychologists consistently underestimate human potential when they focus on learned behaviors.

I want to review the promises that President Nelson gave in his October 2018 conference address calling on us to restore the true name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Ginger Livingston quoted from something that Carolyn Pearson wrote and talked about winning a war by drawing everyone into our circle when they would draw circles to exclude us. We need to draw inclusive circles by loving those who want to make us their enemy and including them in our efforts to make things better for everyone.