In the tradition of Sunstone Symposium’s “Why I Stay” and “Pillars of My Faith,” we have started a series called “Why I Am Mormon.” Through this medium we wish to share not only our own personal journeys, stories, experiences, and testimonies in regards to the Mormon faith, but yours as well.
In the winter of 2001, my French-speaking daughter, Lauren, suggested she and I take a trip before she graduated college, went on a mission, got married and whatever else would follow. She had been to Europe during high school and longed to return to Paris. Flights were cheap and hotels aplenty that year because terrorists in jet...
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This was originally posted on Adrienne’s blog at http://agnosticmormonmom.blogspot.com/ I Bore My Testimony? By Adrienne Rivetti Jensen So, yesterday I bore my testimony at church for the first time in well over seven years. What compelled me to do such a thing? I don’t really know. I do know that Elder...
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: “…the benediction will then be given by Sister Jean Stevens, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency…” My wife and I had told our eleven and seven year-old daughters that a woman would be praying for the first time ever in General Conference. They were...
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The man speaking at the pulpit in sacrament meeting uses a phrase I haven’t heard before and I am instantly drawn in. Almost against my will, I am pulled toward an unexpected answer to every question I’ve ever had about who I am and who God intends me to be. I write the phrase in my scriptures. In pen. I want to...
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By Mike Barker I’ve had an idea bouncing around in my mind for quite a while now, unformed until recently. For me, this past Sunday was one of those days that you wish hadn’t happened. It was a horrible day. While the details aren’t important, it did cause me to seriously question (again) my relationship with the...
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By Garrett Hall “[I] don’t care what a [man’s] character is if he’s my friend.—a friend a true friend . . . I will be a friend to him[.] Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism.” Joseph Smith Over the last year I have really learned to treasure and value true friendship. I am typically one that...
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In the tradition of the Sunstone Symposium’s “Why I Stay” and “Pillars of My Faith,” my brothers and I decided to begin a series called “Why I Am Mormon.” Following is the first of these personal essays, written by me, Mike Barker. I hope you enjoy it. “Lord, I Believe; Help...
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A SURVEY & CRITIQUE OF THE DIFFERENT RESURRECTION HYPOTHESES PART IV: THE LITERAL VIEW INTERPRETATION
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Book of Mormon Lesson 43: book of Mormon 1-6; Moroni 9
Doctrine and Covenants Sections 28, 29, 30, 31: An Historical Perspective
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