About My Father's Business

In this episode, I explore cargo cults and the trap we sometimes fall into of blind adherence to a set of practices with no real understanding of the science behind it. I explore how we can be better ministers, bear more powerful testimony, and pray with more sincerity. Episode 4 - Cargo Cults As always, thanks for listening!

In this episode, I explore the opportunity we have for improving by taking the focus off of what we do and how we do it and focusing instead on why. I welcome any and all feedback and discussion and am always searching for ways to improve the quality of the content and the presentation. Episode 3 - Why, not What As always, thanks for listening!

In this episode, I explore the difference between culture and doctrine in the Church of Jesus Christ. As I'm very new to podcasting, please feel free to leave feedback on what you liked and what I can do to improve the quality of both the content and the presentation. Episode 2 - Culture vs Doctrine As always, thanks for listening!

Hey everyone! I'm going to attempt to supplement the content on this blog with a periodic podcast. Here is the first episode. I hope you enjoy it! Episode 1 - Introduction

If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody tweets about it, did it really happen? This is one of the thoughts that meandered through my mind as I sat in Stake Council meeting. The topic that dominated most of the meeting was the changes to ministering announced during General Conference. We sat together as stake leaders and talked about what it meant for us and how we would proceed as a stake. We talked about the direction we wanted to go, and how to help individuals move forward, adapt, and thrive with this new program. As a member of the High Council, I have had the opportunity to attend several meetings over the last few weeks, ranging from High Council meeting to Stake High Priests Quorum to Ward Elders Quorum. In each of those meetings, the same concern was raised. People want to know: now that we're not doing monthly Home or Visiting Teaching, how are our efforts reported? Nobody is going to call us each month to ask if we visited our assigned families. There is no box to ch