Recent Blog Posts
Talk on the Birth of the Savior
I just wanted to take a minute to introduce me and my family. In a few minutes you will be able to hear from my wonderful husband Craig Conover and if you listen real well you will probably be able to hear from a few of our girls, too. We have been in the ward for...
Exaltation made possible through the gift of bodies
BodiesI have been doing a lot of studying and pondering the things that I have been learning about. It is amazing how when we dedicate ourselves to study, prayer, and pondering how the Spirit will distill upon us and solidify our learning or take it to new heights. I...
My Testimony of the Book of Mormon
Like many of you, I started gaining my testimony of The Book of Mormon at a very young age. I remember waking up very earlier as a family to read from its pages. I remember the spirit I felt as a kid every time we read from it. It wasn’t an overwhelming feeling or...
Talk on Hope in Christ
Hope in Christ An Anchor to the Soul, Sure and Steadfast I was asked to help put together some of my thoughts on Hope in Christ because my wife's uncle was giving a talk. As I thought about hope in Christ I thought of many different ways that hope plays a role...
Learning in the Temple
I planned to go to the Temple today after work but when I got home I was so tired. I went in and got undressed and grabbed my shorts to put on and had a thought put into my mind to drop the shorts right now and start getting dressed for the Temple or you will not go....
Talk by Cindy Conover: Discipleship
I will be giving my talk from President Faust’s talk, “Discipleship”. I really like this talk because it is something I thought about through out my entire mission. When I was in the MTC during a devotional the speaker told about a very successful sister missionary....
Talk by Cindy Conover: Tithing
I will be speaking about one of my favorite commandments to teach. Tithing, that is one commandment that you can keep 100%. We can faithfully pay a full tithe. Hopefully we can say that about all the commandments, that we keep it completely, but with some of them we...
Talk by Cindy Conover: “An Attitude of Gratitude”
My talk will be based off of President Monson’s talk “An Attitude of Gratitude”. He starts out with the most well known example of gratitude in the scriptures, the 10 lepers. In Luke 17: 11-19 it reads… One of the most significant details of this story is that the one...
Awake and Arise
Trying to identify a topic is always fun and amazing how they come about. On this occasion I had some quotes and a scripture that I wanted to use in this months talk, but had not narrowed down the topic. As I was walking to my computer to sit down and type up a talk,...
Home Teaching Thoughts
After I was called as Home Teaching Supervisor I fasted and prayed about my calling. The Lord has opened my understanding to the importance of Home Teaching. I was overwhelmed with the understanding that Home Teaching is a call from Heaven and we will be held...
Journey Toward Righteousness
Written by Craig Conover on 12/3/2006 Click here for a printable versionJourney Toward RighteousnessSeveral weeks ago my wife and I were reading about several topics in We Believe by Rulon Burton. Kiera decided to do a little research on birth control. After several...
Spiritual Fortification
Who are some of your spiritual heroes? We all have heroes; let me tell you about one of mine. He is a man of such faith that he qualified through his own diligence and spirituality to bind Satan forever (Alma 48:17). Now is that not our goal? As the true character...
Only “You” Can Change You
Free agency is an amazing gift from God. No one can change for us; we are the only ones that can make lasting changes in our lives. James E Talmage teaches us in his book The Great Apostasy about free agency: “The father of souls has endowed His children with the...
Keeping Our Covenants
The most important thing we can do in this life is to keep the promises or covenants we have made with the Lord. In order to qualify for exaltation in the celestial kingdom, we must gain the trust of the Lord here on earth. Today we will be likening the scriptures...
Elements of Worship
Coloring Key:Black- Pres. McKay- handoutBlue- Pres. McKay- I just readRed- My thoughts & other quotesElements of Worship Ch 4 of Teachings of David O. McKayLife O David O McKay“One of the most impressive services I have ever attended was in a group of over eight...
