Jesus is a mystery. How do we explain His reckless disregard for decorum? How do we make sense of His dispensing goodness to people who were so patently undeserving while acting without regard for those who claimed to be good and powerful? How can we design the formula that will explain His unexpected behavior?

Why do we make everything so complicated? Now is the time to decide this holiday season you are going to make some small changes to help simplify so you can enjoy your family and friends more. Need a few suggestions?

What’s your angle to tell your life story? It may be easier than you think. Everyone has a story, and not just any story. Everyone has a fantastic, amazing story inside of their lives. If you don’t think so, take it from me, a journalist of over 20 years – they do.

Before it became the holiday staple that it is today, its message moved President Thomas S. Monson, then second counselor in the First Presidency, enough that he talked about the film in general conference just a few months after it first came to theaters in Christmas of 1990.