When I saw Frozen on Easter a month ago, it felt like my wife and I were the only ones in the world that hadn’t seen it yet. The pressure was on. Everybody loved it—obviously I would too. I liked [...]
A man walks up to a vending machine. He sets one hand on the machine and leans against it while scratching his chin. The man scans through the items, looking for one in particular he wants. [...]
Sometimes I think we have the wrong mental image of the “natural man.” Many tend to think of the natural man as being Mr. Hyde which claws its way out of the bowels of our being, wreaking havoc [...]
“Gramma, can we come and sleep over? I have so many things to talk to you about.” Dad recorded that while I was talking with Gramma on the phone back in 1994. I was 5. At the moment, I [...]
There are some things about myself I don’t usually tell people when I first meet them. For example, I usually don’t start conversations with strangers by saying, “My name’s Derek. Did you know I [...]
August is a very tender time of year for me. The memory of one of the saddest events of my life is keenly offset by one of the most joyful ones. On August 13, 2009, my 15-year-old brother Jason [...]
By an impartial observer. By some stroke of luck, Derek was able to land an internship at PMA Media Group in March 2011. While he was there, he was assigned to write a variety of guest blog [...]
Sometimes, being Plan C isn’t so bad. Wednesday night at a family reunion in Timpanogos Lodge, Grandma Meibos told the gathered Meibos family about how she and Grandpa met more than sixty years [...]
I remember being troubled by the idea of “endless torment” which you sometimes see crop up in the scriptures. I always pictured God as a Heavenly Father whose love is much greater [...]
Two and a half years have passed since the fire which gutted one of Provo’s most beloved structures. In October 2011, I was part of the 21,000+ crowd in the Conference Center (joined by millions [...]