Scones for the Heart
Book: Scones for the Heart: 184 Inspiring Morsels of Wit and Wisdom to Warm Your Soul
Author: George Durrant
Publisher: Bonneville Books
Date: 2002
I love books full of inspirational stories. After a hopeless attempt to read all my tantalizing new review books simultaneously, I settled on George Durant’s book and curled up for a good read, and a good read it was! These stories are tidbits from his own life, and the book gave me the feel of sitting in his living room, listening as he talked. Warm, often humorous, and always thought-provoking, the book took a long time to read because I had to stop to savor each story and contemplate its message for me.
The stories make great additions to family devotionals, talks and lessons. Sprinkled throughout the stories are little words of wisdom, such as this one that I love:
"A birth certificate proves that you were born. A personal history proves that that you lived-really lived. A pedigree chart proves your ancestors were born. A family history proves that they lived and because of them you can live." (page 241)
One of the things I love about George Durrant is that he was not always confident, popular and famous. From his stories we learn that he sat on the bench in basketball, was too shy to ask out many of the girls he wanted to date and didn’t get to be on the student council. But he paid attention to what he was learning as he grew up, and as an adult, he was able to understand his family and his missionaries far better than if he’d been the boy he’d wanted to be. These experiences are shared with honesty and humor, so that we too can learn who we are by seeing the good in our lives.
George D. Durrant served for three years as president of the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, has taught religion at Brigham Young University, worked in many capacities for LDS Church Educational System and has authored more than a dozen books. He is best known for Love at Home-Starring Father and Don’t Forget the Star, and this book is sure to be another favorite.
-by Terrie Lynn Bittner
