June 15-21 If you prefer to listen over reading an article, keep an eye on A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts on my channel. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. I want to switch things up juuuuuust a … Continue reading Rockets and the Atonement

June 15-21 If you prefer listening to reading, please check out A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. In Alma 15, I want to take a very specific look at two characters and … Continue reading Turning mistakes into victories

June 8-14 If you prefer listening to reading, please check out A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. As I begin this post, I plead for personal and internal reverence on the part … Continue reading The Mysteries of God

June 1-7 If you prefer listening to reading, please check out A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. For a little bit of background for these chapters, we have just seen Alma leave … Continue reading Light of the Everlasting Gospel

May 25-31 If you prefer to listen over reading an article, keep an eye on A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts on my channel. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. Politics. I’ve got a love-hate relationship with the … Continue reading Approaching politics like Mosiah

May 18-24 If you prefer to listen over reading an article, keep an eye on A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts on my channel. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. So Mosiah 25-28. We see churches created in … Continue reading To Freely Forgive

May 11-17 If you prefer to listen over reading an article, keep an eye on A Balanced Saint of Mind on YouTube. I post video versions of my blog posts on my channel. The video versions are often posted a little later than the written blog posts. The stripling warriors is a favorite story of … Continue reading The stripling warriors no one talks about

May 11-17 So. Personal story first before I jump right into it.  I was a sophomore in college at BYU. I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out what I wanted to do in school. I was obsessed with music but had never been classically trained so a music program at BYU was probably … Continue reading King Limhi and Alma

May 4-10 Abinadi words changed one person. One. We don’t even know whether Abinadi knew about Alma. For all we know, Abinadi died thinking that nobody changed.  Meanwhile, (Alma 26:4) Ammon and his brethren baptized thousands.  So who was more righteous? Who was more righteous: Ammon or Abinadi? Ridiculous question, right? So why do we … Continue reading Does my contribution actually matter?

April 27-May 3 We all know the story of the Jaredites. We know the story of the brother of Jared who spoke with the Lord and asked Him to illuminate stones. We know how they built ships that were “tight like unto a dish.” We know how their civilization tragically ended. How have you been … Continue reading For when your prompting leads you “wrong”