Joseph B. Wirthlin

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a religion of mourning and gloom.

Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.

Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.