Filled with His Love

Send us Fan Mail A few years ago I wrote a book entitled  Forgotten Saints: A Pioneer Story of Those Who Lived and Died without a Trace.  In this episode I share an excerpt from Chapter 10 of that book. It's a story about how I imagined two young people falling in love in Nauvoo. That love story led to the birth of Valerian Russell, the sole survivor of his family who completed the trek acros...

Send us Fan Mail Our physical body is a miracle, but our brain is even more amazing. In this episode, I share 5 proven ways to improve our brain, ways that we can all use to take better care of our control center.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltos...

Send us Fan Mail We all would like to be a little more wise, but how do we develop wisdom. I suggest 7 keys to help us gain wisdom. I'm convince that if we work on any one of these, wisdom will grow inside us.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russellto...

Send us Fan Mail Some of my favorite thoughts about freedom, responsibility, and moral agency. Happy 4th! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and type in Russell T. Osguthorpe Want to access my You...

Send us Fan Mail Wisdom. What is it? Why is it one of the most important qualities that we can develop in our lives here on earth? My hunch is that wisdom is more than you might think. I try to unpack the word and show how essential and comprehensive it is for each of us. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my...

Send us Fan Mail Living life is all about making meaning. The more meaningful our life, the more joyful mortality can be. When we have purpose, real purpose, we are not only happier, but we live longer and more healthy lives.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Kids can teach us a lot if we observe and listen. In this episode I recount a conversation between a mother and her 12-year-old son. We can all learn something from this 12-year-old. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ W...

Send us Fan Mail It is a blessing to serve in this Church. For me service is a sacred gift from God. In this episode, I talk about an early returning missionary, and how his going home reminded me of how sacred a gift service really is. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website:...

Send us Fan Mail What is the Doctrine of Christ? When did the term begin to appear in talks and Church publications. What does it mean to me and my life every day? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amaz...

Send us Fan Mail This is about renewing old relationships that have lain dormant for along time. We all have such relationships. After listening to this brief podcast, I hope you will be motivated to seek out an old relationship and renew it. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my web...

Send us Fan Mail Is truth a set of propositions, hypotheses, and facts to be tested? Or is Truth something very different? Is it a living thing? Does it need to live inside us? How do we help Truth live inside us? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosg...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I choose some of my favorite one-liner coaching statements and apply them to our everyday life.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and type in Russell T. Osgutho...

Send us Fan Mail Reality seems like the most important thing in our daily life. But there's something even more important. I discuss this in this episode.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we're asked how many missions we've served and if we plan to serve another mission following this one. Our response is always the same--"Life is Mission." We need to keep seeking to know what our life's mission is throughout our life. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more...

Send us Fan Mail A young missionary friend died this past week. His passing was emotionally devastating to all who knew him. His name was Manutahi Adams. I talk about his passing and some of what he taught me. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosgutho...

Send us Fan Mail A few thoughts on April 2025 General Conference.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and type in Russell T. Osguthorpe Want to access my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@russ...

Send us Fan Mail March Madness. It's been a fun ride for the BYU basketball team and lots of other teams. In this episode, I focus on how players and coaches alike focus so often on the quality of relationships that form as they try to win games--even relationships with God.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info...

Send us Fan Mail I've been podcasting for the past three years, but need to take a break now, so I will say good bye at least for now. Thanks for listening! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon...

Send us Fan Mail I talk about the gathering and about how central friendship is to the gathering. We can all reach out a little more to those around us, and we can all be a visionary as I describe in this episode.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltos...

Send us Fan Mail A new year makes us want to turn over a new leaf, see things in new ways. This episode will help you begin to see more and more in your daily life the manifestations of God's love, and the more you see these manifestations, the more you will feel his love, and the more you feel his love, the more you will love Him and his children. Happy New Year! __________________________ D...

Send us Fan Mail A Christmas song by Elder Matthew Detweiler and Sister Chantel Harris both serving missions in the Tahiti Papeete Mission. Merry Christmas! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and...

Send us Fan Mail We understandably focus our study of the Savior on the power of His Atonement. But his mortal life has so much to teach us about how we should live here on the earth. In this episode, I talk about how he taught to love by the way he loved others. Merry Christmas! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info...

Send us Fan Mail I hope you like the song that Lolly and I wrote called, He Brought New Light. Two of our grandchildren, Logan Moore and Olivia Osguthorpe, perform the song for this episode.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to o...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, goodbye, so simple--we say them every day, but greetings are more important than we might think. I talk about the ways we greet each other and invite us all to think about our own greeting moments.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.ru...

Send us Fan Mail A two-word quote from Steve Jobs gave rise to this episode: "stay curious." I talk about how these two words go along with scriptural injection to ask, seek, and knock.  __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosguthorpe@gmail.com Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want...