Writer recalls President Hinckley

Very nice remembrance of a journalist who grew up in President Hinckley’s stake when he was a stake counselor:

So there we sat on the lawn behind his modest white-clapboard cottage in East Millcreek talking about the meaning of life, God, and, especially, the church. I couldn’t get up the nerve to ask some blunt questions, so we waltzed around my “doubts” and so on for some time until finally he said something like, “Well, you’ve told me all about doubts, how about telling me about what you don’t doubt. There must be a few things about the gospel, the church you believe to be true.” I ticked off a few fairly safe ones and a couple of provocative ones for good measure. He looked me square in the eyes and said: “Hold on tight to what you know to be true and let it lead you to all the rest.” I am still applying his advice.

Thanks, Mike.