
A disposition of gratitude
As we work to be grateful in our circumstances rather than for things, we can find greater peace in life and greater joy in discipleship. Continue reading A disposition of gratitude
As we work to be grateful in our circumstances rather than for things, we can find greater peace in life and greater joy in discipleship. Continue reading A disposition of gratitude
Susan, Dustin, Fiona, Colin, and Heath’s annual look back at the year that was. Continue reading 2020 in hindsight
The 10th annual edition of our yearly Christmas letter to family and friends, looking back on a 2019 that feels a bit … unfinished. Continue reading Our 10th annual Christmas letter
Read the 2018 edition of our annual Christmas letter to family and friends, looking back on the year that was for Susan, Dustin, Fiona, Colin, and Heath. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2018
A look back at the year that was, with additional details that had to be cut from the print version. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2017
A talk Dustin gave in the sacrament meeting of the Pineville Ward, Charlotte North Carolina South Stake, Sunday, 23 July 2000. Continue reading Preparing for a mission
Dustin’s seventh-grade French teacher, Mrs. Bensley, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, 14 March 1995. The Charlotte Observer ran this tribute to her the following Thursday. Continue reading Teacher Ellen Trice Bensley, 49, dies
Being a group from the University of Utah, a number of students were Latter-day Saints. They filled me in on where and when church was and how to take the bus to get there. An email from my classmate Sarah instructed: Church Meetings Sunday: 10h00-13h00 70 rue de Chinon Joué-lès-Tours meet at the Place Jean Jaures at 9h15 to take the bus n°3 bound for … Continue reading Going to church in Tours
Ten years ago, I spent a summer studying in a picturesque French city, exploring châteaux, and eating pains au chocolat. But what really made it the best summer ever was establishing enduring friendships. Continue reading The best summer ever
The 2016 edition of our annual Christmas letter to family and friends. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2016
The 2015 edition of our family’s annual Christmas letter to loved ones, looking back on our lives in a year whose biggest event was the arrival of a new member of our family, a little boy named Heath. Continue reading And then there were five
Our family’s annual look back at the year that was. Continue reading Our family in 2014: Now with 33.3% more us
(or, how I saved Christmas) Continue reading Our most excellent and spontaneous Christmas adventure
Growing up Mormon means you get early experience with public speaking. Continue reading The seed of testimony
“To enter the temple, a person must be morally clean, obeying the Word of Wisdom, paying a full tithing, and living in harmony with the teachings of the Church.” A talk Dustin gave in sacrament meeting in 1995 (give or take a year or two). Continue reading Preparing and being worthy to enter the temple