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Spiritual Sunday: If Your Mind Can Create Fear, Imagine What It Can Create with Hope

Featured image by Jared Harding Wilson showing a peaceful mountain sunrise and a person looking toward the light with the words “Your brain is powerful enough to create fear. Imagine what it can do when it creates hope,” illustrating a Christian message of hope, faith, healing, mental health, and Doctrine and Covenants 6:36.

I never imagined I would question whether life was worth living—but for a brief moment, I did. In this deeply personal Spiritual Sunday post, Jared Harding Wilson reflects on the miracle of finding hope again through Jesus Christ, therapy, and faith. If fear has ever clouded your future, this message offers a reminder that God is not finished writing your story.

Spiritual Sunday: The Danger of the Permanent Label (Part 2)

Featured image by Jared Harding Wilson depicting the Prodigal Son being welcomed home by his father while the older brother looks on in judgment, illustrating repentance, forgiveness, redemption, grace, and the danger of permanently labeling people by their past mistakes.

What if the greatest obstacle to someone’s future isn’t their past—but the people who refuse to let them leave it behind?

In Part 2 of The Danger of the Permanent Label, Jared Harding Wilson explores the spiritual consequences of defining people by old mistakes, past versions of themselves, and labels they no longer deserve. Drawing on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, teachings from Jeffrey R. Holland and Dallin H. Oaks, and examples from scripture, this Spiritual Sunday message examines why Christ sees potential where others see permanence—and why we should be careful not to write someone else’s final chapter before God has finished their story.

Spiritual Sunday: Leaving the Past Behind: How the Atonement Frees Us from Earlier Mistakes by Jared Harding Wilson

Spiritual Sunday featured image created by Jared Wilson featuring Jeffrey R. Holland and a quote about letting go of past mistakes, forgiveness, repentance, healing through Jesus Christ, and moving forward in faith.

What if the greatest obstacle to your future isn’t in front of you—but behind you?

Whether we replay our own mistakes or continually relive the hurts caused by others, looking backward can quietly rob us of peace, hope, and spiritual progress. Drawing on a powerful teaching from Jeffrey R. Holland from Jared Harding Wilson and scripture, this Spiritual Sunday message explores how Christ invites us to release guilt, forgive, heal, and move forward in faith.

Spiritual Sunday: Rain, Not Thunder by Jared Harding Wilson

A dramatic garden photograph with a large lightning bolt in a dark, stormy sky contrasting with blooming flowers under falling rain. Central text displays the Rumi quote: 'RAISE YOUR WORDS, NOT VOICE. IT IS RAIN THAT GROWS FLOWERS, NOT THUNDER.

We live in a culture that loves to cancel people the second they make a mistake, but what happens when that toxic thunder strikes your own living room? In his inaugural Spiritual Sunday post, Jared Harding Wilson shares a raw, vulnerable look at surviving family drama, the timeless wisdom of 13th-century poet Rumi, and why modern society has forgotten how to let people change. Read on to discover how prophetic counsel from President Nelson and President Oaks can help us trade the roaring noise of conflict for the quiet, healing rain of patient love.