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William J. Monahan
MEET AUTHOR William J. Monahan
A U.S. Air Force veteran, William Monahan is a 1980 graduate of BYU Law School. He practices law in Gilbert, Arizona. A former stake and mission president, he teaches gospel doctrine class in his ward. Brother and Sister Monahan are the proud parents of seven children and twenty grandchildren.
Author's Published Articles
The Compelling Imagery of Hunger and Thirst
The Savior used hunger and thirst to illustrate the level…
Seek and Ye Shall Find Revelation
How would our attitude and behavior improve if we truly…
How to Open Your Mouth Without Fear
As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
Grandpa’s Three Gems: beware, be you, be true.
Why wait for your Last Will & Testament or an…
Friday Minute: Reassessing our New Year’s Goals
Among the orange trees lining the path where I jog,…
Friday Minute: Improving Sacrament Reverence
For all bishops who want to improve sacrament meeting reverence,…
Friday Minute: Parable of the Two Sons
May we remember the rich lessons of the Parable of…
Friday Minute: The Glory of Easter
Without Jesus there is no lasting joy in life because…
Friday Minute: The Power of Heroes and Friends
It is not surprising that the company we keep and…
Friday Minute: As a Little Child
For many believers, developing the childlike qualities of "submissive, meek,…
Friday Minute: Scorpions in the Light
Exposed under special light, scorpions can't hide their true nature.…
Friday Minute: Flourishing in Perilous Times
Is there an elixir-free way to flourish despite the upheaval…
Friday Minute: Class Warfare and the Parable of the Laborers
While "class warfare" means different things to different people, anything…
Friday Minute: A Tribute to Teachers
To all the teachers who struggle with long hours, low…
Friday Minute: Life’s grinding wheel
Knowing that we are beloved sons and daughters of a…
Friday Minute: Gratitude after the fire
When fire destroyed their Arizona home just weeks before Thanksgiving,…
Friday Minute: Good, Better, Best – The Parable of the Great Supper
Each excuse was credible, yet each allowed personal cares to…
Friday Minute: Tame Technology, Tame Yourself
A radio talk show host noted that he sat at…
Friday Minute: Santa Kneeling-Blending Secular and Religious Traditions
The Christmas season seems to evoke a broad range of…
Friday Minute: Is Christmas Safe in Your Mouth?
Schools celebrate Winter Break but are prohibited from mentioning the…
Friday Minute: How Mitt Romney’s Father Influenced One Minister’s Family
How did Mitt Romney's father influence the baptism and temple…
Friday Minute: Gratitude-Our Daily Bread
Since our need for nourishment is constant, our gratitude for…
Friday Minute: Three Keys to Happiness
Happy people have at least three things in common: a…
Friday Minute: The Case for Organized Religion
While critics of organized religion may point to hypocrisy, the…
Queen Creek LDS youth help homeless
As part of an interfaith National Make a Difference Day,…
Friday Minute: “Mormons Aren’t Christians” – Responding with Love
Given the current political climate, members of The Church of…
Friday Minute: The Blessings of Honesty
Like chastity, honesty brings peace of conscience and purity of…
Friday Minute: Reflections of Conference
There were thrilling moments in conference invisible to the home…
Friday Minute: The Golden Putter (The cost of discipleship)
What is our most precious possession? Mortality helps make it…
Friday Minute: The Venom of Criticism
Fueled by attack media and the low accountability of anonymous…
Friday Minute: Five Reasons I Love My Bishop
If you love your bishop as I love mine, ease…
Friday Minute: The Expectation Gap and Godly Charity
My friend Mary Ellen Edmunds says: "Sometimes it seems I…
Friday Minute: God on Demand
Like a mediocre pay-per-view movie, God on demand is convenient…
Friday Minute: The Sky Is Not Falling
Doom and gloom are everywhere: recession, scandal, gridlock, mad-cow this…
Friday Minute: The Sky Is Not Falling
Doom and gloom are everywhere: recession, scandal, gridlock, mad-cow this…
Friday Minute: Happy with the Here and Now
Unlike the prodigal son whose journey to a far country…
Friday Minute: Three Keys to a Better Life
What is your vision of a better life?-silken beaches, bottomless…
Friday Minute: Pleasing Everybody
By definition, pleasing everybody requires divided loyalty. A person loyal…
Friday Minute: Five Habits of Happy People
What do happy people know that the rest of us…
Friday Minute: Parable of the Lost Coin
The lost coin represented one-tenth of her wealth as implied…
Friday Minute: Qualities of a Disciple
While anyone loyal to a cause might claim discipleship, the…
Friday Minute: Are We Saved?
When our friends ask whether Latter-day Saints are saved or…
Friday Minute: Offering Our Whole Soul
While the law of tithing is a simple but important…
Friday Minute: A Godly Attitude About Money
For disciples of Jesus Christ, our attitudes about money may…
Friday Minute: Religious Conscience in Public Debate
God's critics refuse to accept the same burden of proof…
Friday Minute: Top Ten Member-Missionary Tips
Understanding how the public views us can improve our responses…
Friday Minute: Our Little Rebellions
Like Ananias and Sapphira of old, we sometimes hold back…
Friday Minute: A Duke and the Crown Prince
Integrity transcends borders. For Gale and Sherie Brimhall, doing the…
Friday Minute: Top 10 Discards for Spiritual Peace
Want a little spiritual peace? Here's some things to discard.
Friday Minute: Member Missionaries (Online and in the Media)
From media inquiries about same-sex marriage to blogs about whether…
Friday Minute: My Lottery Millions(greed vs. need)
Often, the greatest source of our disappointments is the gap…
Friday Minute: What to Seek, What to Trash
For those who seek Jesus, what we trash determines what…
Friday Minute: Throwing Stones(Controlling our tongues)
The stone he flung into the ocean as a youth,…
Friday Minute: Hypocrisy(Public face, private pain)
Nothing is more exhausting than hypocrisy-maintaining a public persona that…
Friday Minute: Three Trees(One fruit symbolizes God’s love)
One in purpose, three trees bear fruit that symbolizes the…
Friday Minute: Wizards, Werewolves, Vampires and Ghosts
A world crazy for magic and divination will ultimately reject…
Friday Minute: Happiness-A Perfect Ten
On a one-to-ten happiness scale, I'm a seven or eight.
Friday Minute Early: My New Year’s Resolution(Steadfast and Immovable)
Just as New Year's resolutions don't work, so it is…
Friday Minute: Is Christmas Safe in Your Mouth?
Since the invention of the pen, poets and pundits have…
Friday Minute: Temple Dust(Stand on holy ground)
While attending the recent groundbreaking and dedication for the Gilbert,…
Friday Minute: More Suited To You(The danger of class worship)
Our "station" isn't a nose-in-the-air whiff of aristocratic pretense, but…
Friday Minute: Rare Coins(The Worth of a Soul)
The rarer the coin, the greater its value, with one…
Friday Minute: Eye Single(The Power of Focus)
From the stress of work, to the press of bills…
Friday Minute: Criminals Are Stupid(Avoiding panic)
While stress is inevitable, panic is not.
Friday Minute: Joy In Slowing Down(More Joy in the Journey)
Are we taking time to relish the precious moments?
Simple Needs, Simple Wants (The Value of Decluttering)
As our love of God and neighbor increases, our need…
Friday Minute: Gluttony(The chocolate of all sins)
Gluttony has become a popular world-wide sport. Like chocolate, gluttony…
Friday Minute: Shame For His Name
We can resist the natural man without acting like martyrs.
Friday Minute: The Platinum Rule: Yielding(Flexibility The Lord’s Way)
How do we shoulder our disappointments? How do we deal…
Friday Minute: Comparing Ourselves To…(Comparison is not emulation, but stagnation)
When we were children, we learned to compare ourselves to…
Friday Minute: Cumbered About (Busy at the expense of weightier matters)
If we are busy with minutia at the expense of…
Friday Minute: The Mirror(When beauty fades and fashion corrupts)
The billions spent on plastic surgery in the quest to…
Friday Minute: No Worries(Why Casual Doesn’t Cut It)
Striking the proper balance between carefree and the necessary angst…
Friday Minute: The Sky Is Falling(When To Heed The Warning)
Just as darkening clouds signal a warning of foul weather…
Friday Minute: Laban’s Time Out!(Obedience Is More Than Compliance)
If obedience were defined as mere compliance with rules or…
Friday Minute: The Roots of Anger
An anonymous author wrote: "Anger is one letter short of…
Friday Minute: Friendship and Hard Choices
When does loyalty to a friend trump our moral code?…
Friday Minute: Las Vegas (Want, Need, Greed, Joy)
Separating want from need is a hallmark of discipleship, but…
Friday Minute: BATTERY ACID(Adversity and Agency)
Our lives are inextricably intertwined. Each life affects another. The…
Friday Minute: Eyeless Men(The Group Pull)
The natural man is maimed, and largely not aware that…
Scorpions (The Protecting Power of the Holy Ghost)
In order to expose the devil's poison, we must seek…
The Mind of Man – The Power of Human Potential
The human mind is capable of amazing feats, but no…
Friday Minute: Hunger and Thirst
Ironically, it is only by starving the natural man that…
Friday Minute: The Boom Box (Our Response to Bad Behavior)
We have all experienced the ear-numbing effects of a car…