Tagged with "Fun For Less"
Long-haul Flight Survival Tips
If you're flying for hours on end, don't forget to follow these tips and to bring your sense of humor because you're in for an adventure. This article was originally published in August 2010. Flying today with its delays, multiple stops and packed flights requires an act of discipline and a...
Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're Cheese
Having fun isn't only for the young. It's for the young at heart! This story was originally published in March 2011. Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical. A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm....
A Disposition to be Pleased
Remember those around us at their best, not at their worst. And take those thoughts with you into your travels. (This story was originally published in March 2011.) There is a story I always think of when I first cross the Jordan River into Israel. It is a moment in the life of Thomas who,...
A Box of Chocolates and a Getaway
Get away with your honey this week. Give your sweetheart the gift of travel this Valentine's Day. My wife, Lizzie, came home one day, giggling, and handed me a piece of paper, saying how much she loved the story on it. It read: “Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern...
I Walked Today Where Nephi Walked in Central America
Joseph Smith indicated Central America as the location of the primary events of the Book of Mormon. Central America, Guatemala is situated north of the isthmus of Darian and once embraced several hundred miles of territory from north to south. The City of Zarahemla, burned at the crucifixion of...
The Bells of Bethlehem
I cannot take you all to Bethlehem this Christmas day, but I hope to bring to you the spirit that overflows the small city where the Savior was born so long ago. For many years, as Christmas approached, when I taught my classes, I would put a list of twenty five things on the board which were part...
Shapers of Nations and Humblers of Empires
Of anywhere you can visit, the Holy Land is the most spiritually refreshing and soul sustaining. There is no trip one can experience in the world as spiritually refreshing as the Holy Land. There is something wonderfully unique in walking, as we say, in the footsteps of Jesus. Galilee, the Garden...
The Three and a Half Mile Stretch
Explore the route from the Smith family farm to a certain large hill about three and a half miles south and slightly east. It's a route Joseph Smith took annually, each time with a little more stature and a lot more purpose. Suppose you are a bluebird in Upstate New York. (This is quite a...
Africa: A Land Where Wildlife Reigns Supreme
I just returned home from Africa. I still can’t believe it--I was in Africa! Before going there, I didn’t have anything to relate Africa to except the many National Geographic specials I had watched on television since I was a child. What I saw and experienced there was more than I had ever imagined.
The Nourishing Place - The Cathedrals of Europe
People travel to Europe for many reasons. There is so much to experience and every country has its own cultural charms. But I never tire of exploring the castles with their memory of knights, ladies, the codes of chivalry, jousts, and, of course, they are all haunted by ghosts. The villages and...
A Little-noticed Place in Nauvoo
The Seventies Hall in Nauvoo had a rough start, as it was destroyed by a tornado, but work continued and it's now a beautiful monument. It shows a legacy of education and preparation that the LDS Church continues today. The Seventies Hall is a two-story brick structure once devoted to the grand...
Pioneers and Hebrews
The ancient Hebrews inherited a sort of legacy of facing trials and breaking trails. The people of Nauvoo inherited this legacy when they were told to "go as pioneers." The route of Church History in our dispensation was a path of filters. It was strewn with wrenching decisions, heroic moves, deep...
I Breathe . . . Therefore I Eat
Diets aren't in my mentality. Eating is one of the great pleasures of life, topped only by eating a particular entree in the country of its origin. One of our secretaries at work, before going on her first cruise, told me she was going to be careful of what she ate because, she was on a diet. I...
An Apostle, a Prayer, and a People
In an almost-unnoticed ordinance, in 1841, Elder Orson Hyde dedicated Palestine for the return of the Jews. History has shown the impact of that day. The news media give us pictures and words of people who seem to control world events. But in the long run, it is God's hand that presides. His hand...
Passport Family Pictures
We travel for many reasons, but prime among them is the opportunity to see our children open their eyes and learn. It was a Saturday afternoon, the mail lay waiting on the kitchen counter. I saw the slightly thicker envelope topping the pile addressed to my daughter-in law. When she came in the...
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