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Alma 18: Ammon Starts With the Word the King Already Had
Lamoni tells Ammon he doesn't know what "God" means, so Ammon asks about the Great Spirit instead. Alma 18 follows that one swap to the end.
Read this pieceI'm a software engineer, woodworker, pilot, and father of four writing daily scripture reflections built around one passage and one practical takeaway.
I tend to write the way I build a table or a set of shelves: slowly, square if I can manage it, and honest about which parts took more work than I thought they would. Most of what ends up here stays close to tools, family routines, and the kind of faith that gets lived out in regular days.
I grew up in Bountiful, learned to love capable work from my father, and carried that instinct into both software engineering and woodworking. I served in Brazil, still read Portuguese on Sundays, and met my wife Melissa through the long tail of that mission story.

Software Engineer, Woodworker, and Father of Four
I'm a software engineer, woodworker, pilot, and father of four writing daily scripture reflections built around one passage and one practical takeaway.
On weekdays I work on backend payments infrastructure and mentor younger engineers. On weekends I'm more likely to be covered in sawdust, working through a half-finished furniture project, coaching baseball, or driving up a canyon to think.
LDS Daily Path is where those threads come together. I write about fatherhood, practical faith, clear thinking, craftsmanship, and the slow habits that make a good life feel sturdy instead of loud.
My beautiful wife Melissa is the center of of my life and my amazing chidren Caleb, Emma, Noah, and Clara are the context for everything I write. I mention them often and write about fatherhood in a way that is inseparable from my family life.
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Good first read
Lamoni tells Ammon he doesn't know what "God" means, so Ammon asks about the Great Spirit instead. Alma 18 follows that one swap to the end.
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Verse 8 gets read to men who don't earn enough. Set after verse 4 and before verse 16, I read it as being about a widowed relative and who acts first.
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Three passages where Jesus says why he came, read side by side, and what changes if you take them at their word.
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