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Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 5)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 I Will Not Leave You Comfortless What I have shared this week is not theory on or commentary about the Savior’s absolutely essential role in overcoming addiction. It is my testimony of lived experience. I have...

Recovery Begins When We Let Go of Perfection (Pt 4)

Addiction, Perfectionism, Recovery

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 An Apostolic Witness of the Savior’s Central Role in Recovery from Addiction I am so grateful for Elder Robert D. Hales’ address in General Conference of April 2009 and for his powerful testimony concerning...

I Must Strip Myself of Pride to Follow the Strait and Narrow Way

Change of Heart, Christ, Recovery

We often hear living the gospel compared to following the “strait and narrow path” (1 Nephi 8:20; 2 Nephi 31:18-19; 2 Nephi 33:9) It is my testimony that the “strait and narrow path” is Christ Himself, in the same way that He is the Word made...

God Will Not Give Up on You

Christ, Recovery

God wants to gift you with a degree of love that only He can give. He will not rest until He has found you, no matter how lost a lamb you think you are (or try to be.) No matter what, He is going to gift you with love and patience and long-suffering and kindness—over...

The Atonement in the Here and Now

Change of Heart

We think of childbirth as an event—a one-time something that happens on a particular day at a particular time. Nowadays, it’s often an event we can schedule ahead and put in our planner. We don’t have to wait for it to happen on its own. We can book a room and induce...