by Jennifer Barker | Apr 15, 2019 | Religion
While reading the New Testament this year, I’m struck, once again, at the incomprehensible goodness, wisdom, and compassion of Jesus Christ. In a Sunday School class last year, we listed as many attributes of Christ as we could think of. It was an amazing and very...
by Jennifer Barker | Apr 8, 2019 | Religion
“So be kind regarding human frailty—your own as well as that of those who serve with you in a Church led by volunteer, mortal men and women. Except in the case of His only perfect Begotten Son, imperfect people are all God has ever had to work with. That must be...
by Jennifer Barker | Apr 1, 2019 | Divorce, Family, Parenting, Religion
Spring time. Conference time. Easter time. I love it all. It amazes me how blessed we are with the knowledge of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Plan of Happiness our Father designed for us. It’s part of the good news of the gospel that we have a living prophet on...
by Jennifer Barker | Mar 25, 2019 | Divorce, Religion, Self-care
“We search for happiness. We long for peace. We hope for love. And the Lord showers us with an amazing abundance of blessings. But intermingled with the joy and happiness, one thing is certain: there will be moments, hours, days, sometimes years when your soul will be...
by Jennifer Barker | Mar 18, 2019 | Family, Parenting, Religion
In the Lord’s prayer, the Savior instructs us to say, “Thy will be done.” He then teaches us what this looks like by His perfect example throughout His life and, most poignantly, during His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. When discussing this concept in a ward...
by Jennifer Barker | Mar 10, 2019 | Divorce, Family, Religion
I never really thought about my name much when I was younger. I grew up as Jennifer McEwen (mik-you-in). McEwen was a difficult last name. Nobody knew how to say it or spell it. I said it and spelled it out loud, a million times! When I was little, my family called...
