by L Thomas | May 13, 2015 | Featured, General authorities, General Conference, Honesty, Humanity, unity |
While living in Reno in 2010 we got an exciting announcement in our ward: L. Tom Perry was coming to speak to us in our next Stake Conference. We were all excited to hear from an Apostle. We were told that it had been many years since an apostle had visited and that...
by Pablo | May 5, 2015 | Featured, Honesty, Priesthood, Racism |
Confirmation Bias: Confirmation bias, also called myside bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, or recall information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning....
by Brian D. | May 3, 2015 | Featured, Honesty, News, Tithing |
Money is a touchy topic. I remember feeling really uncomfortable towards the end of graduate school when a classmate of mine would openly ask recently hired employees of various chemical companies what their starting salaries were. I understand his interest for I too...
by Geoff Nelson | Apr 21, 2015 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Mormonism, Radical Compassion, Truth, unity |
On Sunday our high councilor spoke during Sacrament Meeting. It was an excellent talk that I feel should be shared with as many people as possible. Personal information has been removed, but otherwise the talk is here as it was given. Italicized emphases in the text...
by Michelle Wiener | Mar 30, 2015 | Agency, Apologetics, Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Charity, Compassion, Education, Faith, Faith Crisis, Family, Featured, Feminism, General Conference, Gospel Topics, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, Priesthood, Radical Compassion, Relief Society, Revelation, Sacrament, Savior, scripture, Service, Sexuality, Standard Works, Symbolism, Temple, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
“Symbolic language conceals certain doctrinal truths from the wicked and thereby protects sacred things from possible ridicule. At the same time, symbols reveal truth to the spiritually alert.” (1) Women are not allowed to preside over the Sacrament; yet the Sacred...
by L Thomas | Mar 11, 2015 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Individuality, Truth |
I was going to write about why Middle-Way Mormonism is awesome, but complaining is a lot easier. I was also going to write a sizable introduction with all of the nuance and balance that you would expect from someone trying to make a middle-way work. I took the easy...
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