Stop trusting people who hate something to ‘tell you the truth’ about it

Who will tell you the truth about gardening: someone who loves and invests their heart in it .... or someone who really can’t stand it?

Nov 9 • Jacob Z. Hess

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October 2026

There are two internets — not one

And recognizing this can help us make a hugely consequential choice: Where to direct our minds. “Tell me where your attention lies and I will tell you…

Oct 31 • Jacob Z. Hess

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What’s sweeter than romantic love and more thrilling than a drug high?

Compared with the most incredible pleasures human beings can conjure, undiluted joy is way, way better.

Oct 24 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Exploring how to live out the ‘divine pattern of collaboration’ between men and women

A new initiative developed by Latter-day Saints aims to help men and women collaborate and work together better in faith settings

Oct 16 • Jacob Z. Hess

Imagining a maternal mental health system centered on learning and growth

More diagnoses, more prescriptions, and more medical supervision aren’t going to be enough — not if we’re really listening to what new mothers are…

Oct 10 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Human development that takes seriously multiple heavenly possibilities

How would a theory of human development expand if it took seriously scriptural teachings about diverging celestial, terrestrial and telestial glories?

Oct 2 • Jacob Z. Hess

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September 2026

Reunion as a little heaven, heaven as a big reunion

There’s no place I would have rather been this weekend than my high school reunion.

Sep 17 • Jacob Z. Hess

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No mother in her right mind would do what Lindsay did

There are many other tragic stories of parents like Lindsay Clancy who perpetrate horrific, out-of-character violence on their children — and who feel…

Sep 5 • Jacob Z. Hess

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August 2026

Hesitant to restart your children on ADHD meds this school year? You’ve got lots of other options

With hundreds of documented influences on attention, you’ve got many adjustments to consider. Is it time to come up with a more sustainable plan for…

Aug 24 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Kneeling down to ruminate

Are you communing with the Living God - or sometimes just thinking, thinking, thinking...?

Aug 19 • Jacob Z. Hess

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What the screens are taking from us

We all know what screens add to our lives. But do we even know what they’re also taking the place of—or displacing entirely?

Aug 8 • Jacob Z. Hess

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July 2026

Less reading, less thinking, less imagination and less faith

Are you tired of giving over your attention to whatever happens to capture it? Join our family in ending the summer with 6 weeks of distraction-free…

Jul 20 • Jacob Z. Hess

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