by Michelle Wiener | Oct 26, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, art, Atonement, Book Reviews, Church, Compassion, exclusion-policy, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Forgiveness, Hell, Homosexuality, Interview, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, lies, Lucifer, Marriage, Movie Reviews, Near Death Experience, Obedience, Righteousness, Savior, Sexuality, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, the Spirit World, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom, Worthiness |
Back in 1985, Rev. Howard Storm had a Near Death Experience (NDE) in which he was first taken to hell and dramatically rescued by Jesus. In 2000, Storm published a book entitled My Descent into Death recounting his NDE. He was featured on Oprah twice in the 1980’s,...
by Jason L | Jul 21, 2016 | Agency, Book of Mormon, Compassion, Featured, Fellowship, LDS Missions, LGBTQ, Obedience |
Sometime on my mission I read Alma 37 with new eyes. The main focus of the chapter is Alma’s counsel to Helaman about how to care for the records of the Nephites. I’d always read it as just another instance of the Book of Mormon reinforcing its own significance. But...
by Carrie Marsh | May 26, 2016 | Compassion, covenants, Featured, Obedience, Temple |
A couple of summers ago my wonderful husband was at his parents house after attending the temple with one of his siblings who was receiving their endowment. As he was getting ready to go one sibling burst into tears and told him how much they were worried about him....
by Michelle Wiener | Apr 27, 2016 | Agency, Church, Compassion, decisions, Disagreement, Education, Faith, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Family, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, Interviews, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Modesty, Obedience, parenting, Priesthood, Relief Society, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Temple, Truth, Worthiness, Young Womens |
Imagine having to submit yourself to a form of Christian Patriarchy minus “the Priesthood,” and you have the beginnings of Vyckie Garrison’s story. “I am not really good at submission,” Garrison explained to the Charlotte Atheists and Agnostics group at the Concord...
by Ron Madson | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, Mormon Humor, Obedience |
“There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well” –Cloud Atlas Pope Francis is at it again! This past Holy Week he was seen washing the feet of Hindu and even Muslim refugees in similitude of Jesus washing the feet of his Holy...
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....
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