Finding Balance

A talk given in Sacrament Meeting
by Michael Smith
On February 10, 2008
At his Home Ward
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Imagine with me that you are a nursing student. You know that earning this degree is difficult. Caring for patients in a holistic manner is not easy, therefore educational expectations are high. There isn’t [...]

Counsel with the Youth

Counsel with the Youth
By Michael Smith
For the Bangor Maine Stake Conference
Priesthood Leadership Session
May 19, 2007My Elders Quorum president recently set a high mark to aim for. Within the last month, some or all of the seven people in our family were touched with illness (or repeated illness), an ankle sprain, back problems, a 3-year-old’s broken [...]

Jiffy Popcorn – and Pepere

I have been thinking about Pepere Dan lately. Below is the Eulogy for my Grandfather, titled, “Jiffy Popcorn – and Pepere
 
By Michael J Smith
For Dan Burnham – November 26, 2004
 
I read to my children every night as I tuck them in. Though we have a large collection of children’s books, the right one is sometimes [...]

Guide Us Safely Home

“Guide us Safely Home”By Michael SmithTalk given during sacrament meeting at the Farmington Ward, August 28th, 2005
“And after they had been received unto baptism, and were wrought upon and cleansed by the power of the Holy Ghost, they were numbered among the people of the church of Christ; and their names were taken, that they [...]