Kenneth R. Hardman

Stories and songs of God's hand—seen across generations

  • Reflection in Heaven’s Dews

    Like storm and rain reflection make Midst heaven’s dews my cares I take In temples light and truth reflect Expand reveal with God connect Have you felt inspiration, even revelation in sacred spaces? Please share.

  • At the End of our First Senior Service Mission

    Observing youth quietly reflecting, wondering, focused deep in thought, receiving further light and truth Our [first] senior service mission [at Mosida Handcart Trek Site] was a marvelous work and a wonder. One of the fun things was calling hoedowns, watching youth with smiles bigger than the desert moon while dancing during a dusty sunset. One…

  • Our First Senior Service Mission

    The background, and how it led us on more trails of joyful service With sweat down our backs and dirt under our fingernails, we had contemplated in Martin’s Cove, pushed and pulled up Rocky Ridge, were pelted by hail at Rock Creek Hollow, and felt the aid of angels. Every year more groups don the…

  • Published – Instruments in God’s Hands

    Stories, Essays, and Poetry from Latter-day Saints My essay, “Instruments to Glimpse into the Heart of the Messiah,” was just published in, “Instruments in Gods’s Hands,” the 2026 LDSPMA Anthology. LDSPMA (Latter-day Saints in Publishing, Media & the Arts) are members and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has the…

  • That Sacred Riverbank

    (a personal five minute story) On Sunday, June 22, 2003, our nephew Andrew York was lost in the Colorado River near Moab. We were deeply saddened and wanted to help. Some family members went immediately while others gathered in Provo and prayed. By evening there was no good news, Andrew was presumed to have drowned.…

  • Before I can remember – My first years

    What are your parents’ memories of you – before you can remember? It was warmer than usual that year, the Christmas of 1958 in Burbank, California, as the minty-pine smell of eucalyptus trees filled the ‘valley’ air. Indeed, the Santa Ana winds labored longer than normal, like my mother. Born three weeks late on December…

  • Another Service Mission?

    We are deeply blessed as we remember our service missions, Nauvoo (2002 & 2015), Mosida Handcart Trek Site (2003-2004), and Maui (2005-2006). Back home we are getting caught up on things, seeing family a little more often, and for me, coaching two new senior project Capstone teams in the BYU College of Engineering. We recently…

  • Choir of Light

    A poem by Kenneth R Hardman, 2023, revised 2026 Introduction: I love harmony. In music, two or more different notes are played or sung creating a pleasing chord, then captured by the ears. In sunlight two or more full spectrum rays branch out and are acted upon by each unique path or journey, then attractively…

  • You Open My Eyes (Songbook)

    Why did Jesus teach what seems unnatural and hard for most of us, “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you…” The bible states the reason in part so “that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven…” (Matt. 5:44-45) Was this a rule…

  • New Ears, New Eyes

    Hearing aids blessed the high-tone breadth of what I can hear – The Gospel opens the high traits in what I can see and be In March of this year while serving on Maui. I had this delightful experience. “It was a pleasant Aloha Saturday morning as Joan and I drove from Wailuku to Wailea.…