A couple of months before the covid-19 crisis hit, I had a night where I couldn't sleep. I went down to my study and got on the computer. I thought about working, but the thought of doing legal work at 3:00 a.m. felt too heavy. Then I stumbled on a document that got my attention. […]
When it comes to dating, Jeff and I have discussed the pitfalls of seeing and focusing on "red flags" in our book "Intentional Courtship" and on our "LILY Pod" podcast. Our friend Sheri Braithwaite from Dating Olympics posted this diagram in her Thriving Singles' Community. We LOVE this because it emphasizes a much more helpful focus in a […]
This is a picture of me with Attorney General Sean Reyes at the AG's Summer Family Picnic earlier this month. 23 years ago, I left a job in another state where my friend Adam was one of my co-workers. I felt the job was a bad fit for me, and a lot of the time […]
When Cathy and I were writing Intentional Courtship, one of our beta readers cautioned me about how much to use the word "beautiful," because love and marriage are not only for the beautiful people. Point taken. Having said this, I think the person you marry ought to be beautiful to you. What I want for […]
Jesus said: "[W]hy beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye. Thou hypocrite, first cast […]
This past weekend, Cathy and I attended a Teichert family reunion in Cokeville, Wyoming. We stayed until Sunday and went to Church. I used to spend summers in Cokeville when I was a teenager, and I still know a lot of people in my grandmother's ward. It was fun introducing them to Cathy. In a […]
As children of God, we are not alone in this world. We all have a place of belonging as part of His kingdom here on earth. Enjoy this special episode of "Sunday Spirit Candy" from Cokeville, Wyoming. Any Minerva Teichert (Book of Mormon artist) fans out there? Learn more about Minerva's hometown and family legacy by […]
I wrote this re-shared post (below) 9 years ago when I was struggling to recover from a divorce from my kids' mom. I encountered a lot of singles during my mid-single years who tended to be controlling in relationships and, alternatively, to keep relationships distant to avoid being controlled. At the end of the day, […]
For anyone who has driven both a car and a boat, you understand that your car is more or less instantly responsive to a turn of the steering wheel under normal, dry conditions. With a boat, the reaction is much delayed because there is a lot less friction between the boat and the water than […]
