by Emily Spencer | Sep 17, 2014 | Agency, Atonement, Book Reviews, Charity, Compassion, Disability, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Forgiveness, Humanity, Mental Health, Reviews, Sacrament, Symbolism, Truth |
Ezra and Hadassah: A Portrait of American Royalty is the gripping account of author Heather Young’s tumultuous childhood at the abusive hands of those into whose care she was entrusted, both her foster and Latter-day Saint adoptive parents. With remarkable courage,...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Jul 16, 2014 | Atonement, Featured, Old Testament, Sacrament, Theology |
Tiamat and the Atonement One of the oldest creation myths is that of the Enuma Elish, in which the Babylonian God, Marduk, fights the sea serpent, Tiamat (this type of divine battle is called a theomacy). In this story, Tiamat represents chaos. The god, Marduk,...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Apr 14, 2014 | Atonement, Featured, New Testament, Sacrament |
CELEBRATING PALM SUNDAY AS A MORMON WARD – A REFLECTION We piled into our minivan almost a half hour earlier than we normally do. “Okay, I’ll say family prayer,” I said. “…Heavenly Father, we are grateful that today we can remember...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Apr 6, 2014 | Atonement, Featured, Sacrament |
CELEBRATING HOLY WEEK AS MORMONS NOTE: A year ago, after listening to a Mormon Matters podcast series about the different Easter traditions, my bishop asked if I would do some research into the different Holy Week traditions and give a proposal to the Ward Council of...
by Geoff Nelson | Mar 28, 2014 | Apologetics, Doctrine and Covenants, Featured, Feminism, Gospel Topics, LDS Church History, Mormonism, News, Priesthood, Sacrament, Standard Works |
If you are looking at the length of this post and thinking tl;dr then please just click here to jump to the heart of the post. Mormon gender roles and the Ordain Women movement have been in the news recently. Most arguments I’ve seen used to denounce the...
by EOR | Feb 12, 2014 | Agency, Education, Featured, Gospel Topics, Mormon Humor, Mormonism, Obedience, Sacrament, Theology |
Going forward I am going to be dedicating the second Wednesday of every month to a new feature I am affectionately dubbing “Ask EOR”. Here is where I will answer your questions about anything related to Mormonism—anything at all. It should be noted that these answers...
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