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The purpose of having a “Zion Cause Statement” is to align both our love & our work towards God and His cause. Think of affirmation statements or vision boards you’ve created in your life. Most seem to be created with self-centeredness in mind. There may be some elements of God, and of others, but most seem to be centered around the “me” mentality. I’m going to outline some of the elements of why switching it up and having a Zion Cause affirmation statement aligns with becoming pure in heart. Here are some ideas of resources to pull from in creating a Zion Cause Statement: HereRead More →

Love of God - Work for the Cause of Zion D&C 6:6

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The above infographic represents two illustrations. Story #1– In 2008, I attended a conference where I listened to a business coach talk about how he had worked with professionals over many years and discovered that there were 4 classes of people: poverty, middle, upper, and world class. He discovered that poverty, middle, and upper class all worked for money, while world class individuals worked for a cause. I then spent the next decade of my life trying to figure out what my cause in life was in order for me to be considered a world class individual. I had three failed attempts at creating myRead More →

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In March of 2025, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke at the Roots Tech conference. He referred to a near-death experience he had for four weeks, describing it as having one foot in another world. The two lessons he was taught there and told to take back to the church were to pray more — in more places, and more often than we currently do and to testify and be a witness. However much we testify, to testify more.             A year prior, Elder Holland briefly mentioned this experience in his April 2024 General Conference talk (“Motions of a Hidden Fire“). In that talk, he mentionsRead More →