by Michelle Wiener | May 23, 2016 | Activism, Agency, Church, Corporate Church, covenants, Disagreement, faith crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Leadership, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood, Relief Society, restoration, spirituality, Temple, Worthiness |
Recently, I got called “Pastor” at work, and since I teach religious studies at the local community college, it makes perfect sense. Sadly, I had to correct my colleague and explain to him that women in my denomination cannot be ordained, but I thanked him for the...
by Cup o'JoSmith | Mar 23, 2016 | Atonement, covenants, decisions, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Joseph Smith, lies, Lying, Mormon Humor, Obedience, Repentance, spirituality, Temple, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom, Worthiness |
I have a confession to make…. I’m a Mormon convert and I drink coffee. Lots of it. I guess that makes me the worst sinner on the face of the planet because I don’t keep “the commandments” – or rather one of the commandments. Other than that I’m a pretty good person....
by Michelle Wiener | Feb 24, 2016 | Activism, Agency, Apologetics, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Book of Mormon, Charity, Church, Church History, Compassion, Corporate Church, covenants, decisions, Disagreement, Education, Faith, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, General authorities, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Leadership, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Old Testament, Policy, prophecy, Prophets, Relief Society, restoration, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon, Young Womens |
To Presidents Oscarson, McConkie, and Marriott of the General Young Women’s Presidency: Once a month, the Young Women join us at the beginning of Relief Society, as we all recite in unison the Young Women’s Theme; which begins, “We are daughters of our Heavenly...
by Daniel Lewis | Nov 24, 2015 | covenants, Featured, ordinances, romance, Sexuality, Temple |
I was married a virgin. My wife was too. We both believed it was important because of what we’d been taught about temple marriage and “worthiness” to get married there. The consequences of that decision have gone far beyond the original intent of getting to the...
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