Send us Fan Mail We read Psalm 119 and test its words against our own hearts, asking whether scripture truly feels sweet and satisfying to us. We explore how learning to delight in God’s commandments can deepen our love for God and draw us closer to Him. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go t...

Send us Fan Mail I share a temple moment that turns into a deeper look at how we prepare for covenants, prophetic counsel, and the revelation we hope to receive. I talk about Moroni 7 and Elder Bednar’s words to ask whether we merely practice charity or whether the pure love of Christ is truly changing what we are. . __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: http...

Send us Fan Mail We take a Sabbath walk near the Provo Rock Canyon Temple under construction and let one word on the doorway reshape how we think about discipleship. We wrestle with why holiness can feel out of reach and how the temple invites us to trade pride for consecration. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a...

Send us Fan Mail Behavioral economics describes how humans make predictably irrational or "fooling" choices. If we can understand our own irrationality, we can see it for what it is and make changes. We can turn it around and become more rational. Our irrationality can damage relationships, so recognizing it can help us draw closer to God and to each other. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my b...

Send us Fan Mail We reflect on A Beautiful Mind and the love Alicia Nash shows through years of strain, loss, and endurance. We sit with the idea that love can be a choice while still remaining a mystery that logic cannot fully explain. • Rewatching A Beautiful Mind as a story about relationships • John Nash’s schizophrenia and the strain it places on marriage • Alicia’s costly love through extraordinary difficulty • The “mysterious equations of love” quote and why it ...

Send us Fan Mail We all want to be whole, but what is wholeness?The Hebrew greeting "Shalom" helps us, I believe, what wholeness is all about. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and type in Russell T. Osguthorpe Want to access my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@russellt.osgu...

Send us Fan Mail We share a concert memory that turns into a quiet invitation to slow down and be still before God. We read healing lyrics from the hymn “Slow Down” and reflect on how pausing can help us feel peace when life gets demanding or unpredictable. • remembering Sissel’s rendition of Chuck Girard’s hymn “Slow Down” at a Pioneer Day concert • connecting the hymn’s message to Elder Patrick Kieran’s Education Week devotional • reading and rereading lyrics that point to...

Send us Fan Mail When someone expresses faith in us, we are built up, made more capable of facing the challenges life brings. In this episode, I refer to someone who had faith in me who helped me along the way. I urge you to think of someone who has faith in you and then think of someone who needs to know that you have faith in them. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my...

Send us Fan Mail I share the moment I froze as a kid during a church program and how that embarrassment shaped my commitment to speak anyway. I trace how two-and-a-half minute talks and a famous one-minute General Conference address inspired these Monday thoughts to stay brief but meaningful. • freezing in front of everyone and feeling the sting of silence • promising to never speak again and then choosing to try anyway • learning through short Primary talks to say one clear...

Send us Fan Mail We emphasize finishing a lot. We've got to get the project done. We don't want to leave it half-done. But when it comes to our life, we know our life will never be complete. We will always remain unfinished even throughout eternity because we are co-eternal with God. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want...