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My Articles that have been posted on Meridian Magazine Oct 28, 2009You might enjoy glancing over the list and finding one that applies to a challenge you are currently facing. If you can't find that article right away in the Meridian archives, I will be glad to e-mail it to you.
2002, Sudden Trauma
2002, Sudden Trauma, Part 2
2002 The Art of Life is to Get the Message
Jan, 2002 Trust in the Lord Can Light Up the New Year
Feb, 2002 A Deeper Dimension of Trust in the Lord:
"In the Shadow of Thy Wings"
March, 2002 Trusting the Lord's Purposes in Adversity
April, 2002 Two-Hard-Earned Lessons, Part 1
Caring for the Souls of Our Children (Listening)
May, 2002 Two Hard-Earned Lessons, Part 2:
Honoring God's Law of Agency
June, 2002 Children and the "Title of Liberty"
June 2002 Doing All We Can When a Loved One Strays
July, 2002 Becoming Whole in Fragments of Time
Summer, 2002 Can We Make Sense of Suffering?
(After Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping)
Summer, 2002 The Still Small Voice
(Noise, boredom, Going Nowhere at Breakneck Speed)
August, 2002 How can I get control of my life, my child, this current
situation?
Why is this the wrong question?
Sept, 2002 How Can I Get More Control of my life?
Why is this the Wrong Question? Part 2
Sept, 2002 What Does Autumn Have to Do with Repentance?
Oct, 2002 The Hidden Addiction: Prescription Drugs
Oct, 2002 Who Me, a Liar?
November, 2002 Thanksgiving: Enjoy the Sparkle of the Snow
December, 2002 The gift of "The Word"
December, 2002 Is the Giving Enough?
Jan 2002 What Do We Treasure?
Jan 2002 Interview of Lundquists: Introducing book "Stand Guard!"
Jan, 2003 God's Purposes Cannot Be Thwarted
February, 2003 When Help Hinders
February, 2003 The Overwhelmed Woman and the Feminist Movement
February, 2003 Divorce: Sorting Out the Loss of the "Forever Family"
March, 2003 The Blended Family--An Invitation to Charity
March, 2003 Over the Hill or Reaching Life's Mountaintop?
March, 2003 False Traditions and the Pivotal Generation
April, 2003 Let Peace Begin with Me
April, 2003 Thoughts on an Easter Sunday
May, 2003 Mothers and Matthew 25
May, 2003 Perspectives on Prayer
June, 2003 Except Ye Become As Little Children
June, 2003 Fathers and Forgiveness
July, 2003 Lord, Is it I? Relinquishing the White Hat in Marriage
July, 2003 Relinquishing the White Hat in Divorce
July, 2003 Faith--Even in Life's Stormiest Seas
August, 2003 Of Ears and Hearts: Hearing Beyond Words
August, 2003 Love Letter to the Future: Writing Family Histories
September, 2003 Life is Not About "Arriving"
October, 2003 Easy Does it--With Family History Too
October, 2003 "Every Knee Shall Bow"--Comfort for a Grieving Parent
October, 2003 Readers Share Heartaches and Solutions about Children Who Have Strayed
November, 2003 Being Thankful for Ordinary Days
November, 2003 Thanksgiving Discovery: The Higher Law of Gratitude
December, 2003 December Stress or December Joy: the Choice is Mine
December, 2003 The Lord is my Light
December, 2003 Repeated: Is the Giving Enough?
January, 2004 The Best Kind of New Year's Resolution
January, 2004 Spiritual Preparedness--the Whats and Whys
January, 2004 He Did Deliver Me from Bondage; an Introduction
February, 2004 Springing the Comparison Trap
March, 2004 Bite-sized Bits of Family History
March, 2004 How Can We Prepare to Be Part of Zion?
April, 2004 Easter's Two-fold Promise
May, 2004 Through a Glass, Darkly
May, 2004 We Do Not Doubt Our Mothers Knew It
May 2004 Broken Hearts Let in the Light of Christ
June 2004 The Pearl Awards: Recognizing the Best in Faith-Centered Music
Education Series:
Part 1. June 2004 Education As the Early Prophets Saw It
Part 2. June 2004 The Rise and Demise of Church Academies
Part 3. July 2004 The Role of Religion in the Founding Father's Thinking
(Skousen)
July 2004 Federal Interference in the Free Exercise of Religion
(continuation of Skousen Part 3)
Part 4 August 2004 Public Schools vs. the Fundamental Purposes of
Education
Part 5 August 2004 Can Parents Counterbalance the Negative Influences in Public Schools?
Part 6 September 2004 Back to School: Readers Open Talk about Public
Education and Tough Choices
Part 7 September 2004 Charter Schools
Part 8 October Creative Combining of Options: Could Dual Enrollment Be Your Solution?
Part 9 January 2005 Reform from the Bottom Up--Lynn Stoddard
Part 10 March 2005 Saints Seek Solutions to the Education Dilemma
(homeschoolers help start Kimber academies)
Part 11 April 2005 Mom Schools and Co-ops
Part 12 May 2005 To Homeschool or Not to Homeschool
Part 13 July 2005 The ABC's of Homeschooling
Part 13 The ABC's of Homeschooling
Part 14 Joyce Kinmont, Homeschooling Pioneer
Also: June 2005 The Religious Underpinnings of America's History
October 2004 My Son's Suicide--Seeking Gospel Perspectives
November 2004 Comfort in the Aftermath
November 2004 The Many Faces of Forgiveness--A Deeper Look at the Atonement
December 2004 What Faith Is and Isn't
December 2005 The Test in Testimony
January 2005 Keys to Overcoming Discouragement, Despondency, Depression
February 2005 Can Faith Be a Decision? (Solutions for Spiritual Slumps)
February 2005 Sunrise after Sorrow
March 2005 Voices that Dispel the Myth (Review of Voice from the Fire)
April 2005 Sunrise, Sunset (humorous look at how the years fly)
May 2005 Scriptural Survival Tactics for Mother's Day
May 2005 The Miracle of Recovery (Patricia)
June 2005 Dads: Give ‘Em a Break
July 2005 When We Pray Amiss
August 2005 A New Look at Enos and the Main Message of the Gospel
September 2005 Are We An Obedient People? Our Lives May Depend on It!
September 2005 Grief: A Universal Experience
October 2005 Spiritual Storm Warnings
October 2005 Give the Gift of Peace of Mind for Christmas
(encouraging giving food storage)
October 2005 Review of Rod W. Jeppsen's book "Lord I Believe"
November, 2005 The Challenge of Accepting Ourselves
November, 2005 Giving Thanks for Answered Prayers
December, 2005 Winter Solstice Reveals the Light Within
December, 2005 The Savior's Example
December, 2005 Pondering Covenants with Christ
January, 2006 Letting Go vs. Giving Up
January, 2006 Review of Rise and Shout! The Seniors are Out!
February 2006 Be Still My Soul
March, 2006 Gifts and Challenges of Chronic Illness
March, 2006 Interacting with the Chronically Ill
March, 2006 How Much Support Can the Chronically Ill Expect?
April, 2006 interview with Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg
(about their new CD "Do You Have a Little Love to Give?"
April 2006 Identity: Built on Rock or Sand?
April 2006 Easter's Promise and the Second Estate
April, 2006 Slowing Down to Do What Matters Most
May 2006 I Will Always Be My Mother's Child
May 2006 Youth of the Noble Birthright
June 2006 Faith in the Fatherhood of God
June 2006 Kathryn Adams, Modern-day Enos, Musician of Note
July 2006 Life is Not a Spectator Sport
July 2006 All is Well
July 2006 Seeking Recreation that Renews the Spirit
August 2006 Pondering Matter Unorganized (How to Organize family history papers and photos)
August 2006 Organizing Elements of a Picture History
Sept 2006 Many Right Ways to Write Your History
Sept 2006 Writing First What You Want to Last (includes George Durrant's comments on the importance of writing your life story.)
October 2006 Gifts of Tears and Scriptures
October 2006 Taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ Personally
November 2006 Grateful for the Love of Heavenly Families
December 2006 Slow Down and Appreciate Christmas
December 2006 Such as I Have, I Give
January 2007 A New Year Chance to De-clutter Our Lives
January 2007 Some Things Are Worth Saving
February 2007 The Lord is My Shepherd, I Shall Not Want (What I Can't have)
February 2007 Choosing Life in Spite of Loss
March 2007 What's Wrong With Being Right
March 2007 Root Causes of the Need to Be Right
April 2007 The Lord's Yoke
April 2007 Lord, How Is It Done?
May 2007 Only the Redeemer Does the Redeeming
May 2007 Celebrating the Continuation of Life
June 2007 Loving Life's Second Half
June 2007 "the Children Are Tender, Lead on Softly"
June 2007 "Lead on Softly" by Honoring Agency
July 2007 "Lead on Softly" by Correcting with Respect
August 2007 Inner City Missionaries Teach the World ( I had named it Inner City Sunday School)
August 2007 I Vote for Agency—Again! (Dualy family story)
August 2007 Jesus Wasn't Always Nice
Sept 2007 The Haunting Message of Hauns Mill
September 2007 How the Light of Christ Can Dispel the Darkness of Lies, Myths, and False Traditions
October 2007 Dispeling Myths with Gospel Light
November 2007 Spiritually Sighted (Randy Gibbs story)
Nov 2007 The Blessing of Patriarchal Blessings (review of Gayla Wise book)
December 2007 Fasting and Spiritual Feasting
December 2007 Apron Strings: A Reminder of Old-Fashioned Values that Never Go Out of Style (review of Vickey Taylor's book)
December 2007 Presence, Not Presents
February, 2008 The Spiritual Anatomy of Anger
February 2008 Mormon the Man Behind the Name
March 2008 Receiving Easter's Light
April 2008 Coming Home to Love
April 2008 Twenty-five Ways to Feel Better About Yourself (review of Steven A. Cramer's book "Reaching Higher"
May 2008 Is God Miserable Over His Children's Choices?
July 2008 The Bad Stuff is Always Temporary
August 2008 Are You Willing to Receive the Blessings of God?
Sept 2008 Overcoming the Nothingness of the Natural Man
Oct 2008 The Greater Yes
Nov 2008 Turn Off the Bad News of the Word
to the Good News of the Gospel
Nov 2008 Prayers of Thanks
Dec 2008 The Christmas Elf Activity
January 2009 Replace Resentment with Charity
January 2009 Spiritual Foundations of Happiness
February 2009 When Honesty is a Temptation, Not a Virtue
February 2009 How Well Do Your Know Your Spouse?
(About Marriage Enrichment Seminars)
March 2009 Purpose in Pain (the Patricia Potts story)
March 2009 That Ye May Have Hope
April 2009 Coming Home
May 2009 Snow on the Daffodils
May 2009 What a Cat and a Fox Taught me about Relationships
June 2009 Remembering Joy
June 2009 God Created Company So the House Would Get Clean: Musings on Motivation
July 2009 Warning: Why Both Over and Under-Reacting are Spiritually Dangerous
July 2009 Nature Up Close and Personal
August 2009 The Amazing Connection Between Thoughts and Feelings
August 2009 Blessed by Trusting God (Patty Larsen's Review of my book)
Sept 2009 Abigail: Old Testament's Life-Changing Symbol
Sept 2009 Resting Gets a Bad Rap in Our Culture
October 2009 Learning to Listen with Great Intensity
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