by Michelle Wiener | Aug 26, 2015 | Agency, decisions, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormon Humor, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, prayer, Savior, spirituality |
We’ve all heard the old American proverb, “The early bird gets the worm.” Well, if given the choice between being the early bird and the worm, I’d be the worm. And I think scripturally speaking; the worm has the upper edge on spirituality. Let me explain….. It doesn’t...
by Jason L | Jun 30, 2015 | Faith, Featured, prayer |
As Mormons we often pride ourselves on avoiding “vain repetitions” by not reciting set prayers (except, you know, those ones we say every Sunday for the sacrament). Occasionally we also pause to consider our oft-repeated phrases – the “harm-or-accident” and...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Apr 29, 2015 | art, Family, Featured, Heavenly Mother, Old Testament, parenting, prayer, scripture, Theology |
As the lights dimmed in North Medford High School’s Sjolund Auditorium, my nine year daughter put her little hand in mine and with my other I held my wife’s hand. Captain von Trapp blew his whistle for the youngest to step forward. “I’m...
by Geoff Nelson | Jan 7, 2015 | Blogs about Blogs, Book of Abraham, Faith Crisis, Featured, General Conference, Gospel Topics, Homosexuality, Modesty, Mormonism, parenting, Polygamy, prayer, Priesthood, Racism, Relief Society, Word of Wisdom |
The church offers materials in 105 languages on its website. At least portions of the website are available to be viewed in at least 73 languages. The Gospel Topics section, which has gotten a lot of attention for its essays on controversial topics, is available in 10...
by Geoff Nelson | Dec 26, 2014 | Apologetics, Featured, General authorities, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, prayer, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation |
It has now been a year since the church first released the Gospel Topics essay about race and the priesthood. The following is a transcript of the EQ lesson in my ward on the first Sunday in December. I thought it was a great discussion and is a interesting case study...
by Jeremy Timothy | Oct 16, 2014 | Agency, Compassion, Disability, Faith, Featured, Humanity, Mental Health, prayer, Truth |
In the medical field and the scientific world in general we are moving away from the idea of a mind separate from our body or brain. In general there are some real benefits to this conceptualization. For example, take the thorny issue of addiction. Traditionally...
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