7 Powerful Words that Hold the Key to Both Temporal and Spiritual Growth
Merrit H. Egan grew up on a dairy farm but claims his parents raised him to be great. He lived up to those lofty expectations by becoming a successfRead More…
Author: Brent Esplin
I have a master's degree in accounting and a CPA license. My full-time job is as an auditor for the department of defense but my passion is personal finance and investing. I live in Taylorsville, Utah.
Choosing Consecration: Retirement Is Not a Gospel Concept
I love “The Parable of the Black Belt” as told by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last. The authors invite you to imagine a Read More…
Choosing Consecration: The Financial Finish Lines Framework
In an earlier post I wrote about how a comment by President James E. Faust in a leadership training meeting made me realize that the Law of ConsecratiRead More…
Choosing Consecration: How Much Is Enough? And Who Decides?
True story, Word of Honor Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, And I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter IRead More…
Choosing Consecration: Give Yourself Some Credit
In my last post I wrote about how a comment made by President Faust helped me realize that the law of consecration isn’t just a theoretical concept Read More…
Choosing Consecration
Consecration is the giving of one’s time, talents, and means to care for those in need—whether spiritually or temporally—and in building the LorRead More…
Giving Brings Joy
I have listened to thousands of sermons on the urgent need to give. I find myself wondering why it is that preachers never talk about how much fun iRead More…
In Temporal Matters the Church Practices What it Preaches – and That’s a Wonderful Thing
Church finances have been in the news recently as a former employee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filed an IRS complaint allegingRead More…
Laws and Blessings
“You can pray all you want, you can hope all you want, but until the law is fulfilled upon which that blessing is predicated, it won’t happen.”Read More…
A Lesson In Listening from My Wife and a Malfunctioning TV Remote
“Husbands and wives, learn to listen, and listen to learn from one another.” – President Russell M. Nelson I love sports but my wife, Alice, couldnRead More…