Author: K. KIRTON NINER

  • ON THE CREEK NEWS — CAVE CREEK, ARIZONA

    The Wagon Wheel: A Creekerhood Legend CAVE CREEK — Good morning, Creekers. We’re On the Creek, where today’s news collides with yesterday’s history. A familiar Cave Creek landmark is raising questions after Town sign-code enforcement reportedly reached the Wagon Wheel, the longtime breakfast-and-lunch spot on Cave Creek Road. The issue involves its OPEN signage and…

  • 250 Years of Agency: An American Child of God Speaks to Her Community

    A Community Address for 2026 My friends, my neighbors, my family, and my fellow Americans: I speak today as an American. I speak as a child of God. I speak as a Latter-Day Saint trying to be like Jesus Christ, an Child of God who believes that Jesus Christ, my eternal Brother lived, died, rose…

  • Communications of a Child of God

    I pray to God, the Eternal Father, because I am His child. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, whom I understand as my Eternal Brother. I am his eternal sister—a fellow child of our Father. I trust Jesus Christ as I trust myself and our Father, because I trust his example, his love,…

  • QA

    Asked What is the point to the Book of Mormon stories? ANSWERED The point of the Book of Mormon stories is not simply to remember what happened to Nephi, Alma, Ammon, Mormon, Moroni, or the peoples they wrote about. The stories repeatedly ask the reader to learn from what happened to them and choose differently…

  • CR2026.AUGUST

    DOES THIS HELP® CONSUMER REPORT When a Road on Paper Is Not Ownership of Your Property A Rancho del Oro property-record case study The question:If part of privately owned land was historically affected by a county roadway easement—and the tax records reflected that roadway—does that mean the County owned the land or that neighboring property…

  • Conscious Discipline®

    Conscious Discipline: Listening to the Body, Knowing Yourself, and Choosing Your Care Approximately a 15-minute read There is a difference between simply reacting to what happens to us and consciously participating in what happens next. That difference is discipline. Conscious discipline begins with awareness. It means learning to recognize what is happening within your own…

  • A Public Apology

    To anyone who believes I owe them an apology, I want to say this clearly. I am sorry for the moments when the way I communicated made you feel embarrassed, unwelcome, judged, dismissed, or unheard. If my frustration became louder than the point I was trying to communicate, I am sorry for that. If I…

  • CREEKER Public SERVICE

    A Mother’s Public Statement: Please Pay Attention to My Son I need to correct something first because I am a records keeper, and getting the record right matters to me. My son Tyler was not baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was eight years old. He was 25 years…

  • The Book of Mormon Introduction

    The Book of Mormon Introduction Through My Conscious Understanding The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and a record of people who lived in the ancient Americas seeking to understand our Eternal Father. When I read the word God, I want to comprehend whom I am speaking about. I am speaking about…