McKay Christensen

Sep 26, 2024 | latterdaysaintmag.com | McKay Christensen |Robert Wells |BYU Speeches |Neil Andersen

A Recipe for the Pure in HeartI love warm chocolate chip cookies. When my wife Jennifer and I had high school age children, it seemed almost impossible to get them to slow down to spend time with us. But Jenn knew the secret. She makes amazing chocolate chip cookies and when she did, it seemed kids always wanted to hang around, laugh and talk. I think they loved the cookies, but more than anything, they wanted to lick the batter from the bowl.

Aug 1, 2024 | latterdaysaintmag.com | McKay Christensen

How do we change, repent and turn to the Lord? Alma sets forth a formula for all of us to follow that can help us change and avoid mistakes. It took Winston just a few hours to change his life and finally do what he has tried to do for many years. Before college, he thought he would go to law school, like his father. But while in school, he worked as an editor of his college magazine at the University of Alabama and found his talent—to write.

Sep 3, 2023 | latterdaysaintmag.com | McKay Christensen

I’d like to make a deal with you. I will agree to pay you $10,000 to drive your car across town without getting in an accident. However, I am going to modify your car in one way. I am going to paint the car’s windshield black. So, you must drive forward and navigate only by looking in the rear-view mirror. That’s right. You must drive forward only by looking at what is behind you. Your rear-view mirror is your only view. Would you be willing to take the bet?

Aug 15, 2023 | latterdaysaintmag.com | McKay Christensen

Cover image via https://www.weinsbergertal.com/. Stand Ye in Holy PlacesYou may have heard the story of the Weibertreu Castle in what is now Germany. In 1140, the castle and its occupants, including the Duke of Welf, were under siege from the Duke of Swabia and his brother King Konrad III. Konrad and his men were fearless, skilled and ruthless. The siege lasted a long time, but finally Konrad conquered the defenses of the castle and was about to lay everything to waste.

Jul 29, 2023 | latterdaysaintmag.com | McKay Christensen

Cover image via Gospel Media Library. Voices of the Restoration:  The Kirtland TempleOne of the often-used skills in scripture study is taking the “them, there and then” of what you read and applying it to the “me, here and now” of today. In other words, put yourself in the shoes of those who walked and lived the actual stories you read. For example, place yourself in the shoes of Enos the son of Jacob.