Colleen Harrison | Hearthaven Publishing

The Lord Chooses Good Men

Lately it has become fashionable to expose the weaknesses of the founders of our country, claiming them to be adulterers, homosexual, power-hungry, and generally not worthy of our esteem. But the Book of Mormon silences those voices. I know this: The Lord chooses...

As The Whirlwind Cometh

Christ, Personal Revelation

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his...

A Portion of the Atonement Is For Here and Now

Change of Heart, Recovery

What does it mean when Christ says, “I am Alpha [the Beginning] and Omega [the End]; I am the Author and the Finisher of your faith.” (3 Nephi 9:18) I think it means that He is both the beginning—the guidance—as well as the end—the grace and ...

Mormons Are Mortals Too!

Mormons, Mortality

As card-carrying members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have a tendency to deny our mortality. But we can only live in denial for so long before the big fat truth of our understanding lands on us like the proverbial ton of bricks and we are...

Christ is the Only Answer for Us

Christ

We, as Latter-day Saints, will not find peace to our souls in the spiritual answers that others find adequate. Although many people find significant recovery in a twelve-step Higher Power, or an anonymous but loving Universe, or even an accepting and supportive group...