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 Michelle Wiener | Jan 27, 2016 | decisions, Disagreement, Education, Featured, Honesty, Humanity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lies, Lying, Mormon Humor, New Testament, News, Politics, Savior, scripture, Truth |
….in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump” –One Corinthians 15:52 Donald Trump was recently invited to speak at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia by Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr., and his delivery wasn’t all that convincing, at least from a...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Jan 20, 2016 | decisions, Featured, General authorities, Politics, prophecy, Prophets |
The other day I was listening to an episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast entitled, “How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future.” 1 As part of the episode, they interviewed Dr. Philip Tetlock, professor at the University of Pennsylvania,...
by James Patterson | Jan 8, 2016 | decisions, Featured, Homosexuality, Worthiness |
I turned in my temple recommend this week. Folded it between a white sheet of paper, placed it into a white envelope and sent it to my Stake President. After months of prayer and consideration and after re-examining the temple recommend questions, I have determined...
by Michelle Wiener | Dec 23, 2015 | Agency, Book Reviews, Charity, Christmas, decisions, Faith, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Forgiveness, General authorities, History, Humanity, Movie Reviews, Repentance, restoration, Revelation, Service, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, the Spirit World, Theology, Why I Am Mormon |
“‘I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?’ said Scrooge. The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with his hand,” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol 1 I have always found this image from Charles Dickens’ A...
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