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 Brian D. | Mar 27, 2016 | Atonement, Family, Featured, Humanity, Jesus Christ, spirituality, Symbolism |
Recently I’ve been reading The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis to my sons while they fall asleep. They like the stories of other worlds and magic and it is far more enjoyable for me than the picture books they used to require me to read over and over and over...
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 Jeremy Timothy | Mar 7, 2016 | Activism, Church, Compassion, exclusion-policy, Faith, Featured, Homosexuality, Humanity, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Mormonism, Policy, Service, spirituality |
Depression and suicide have made their rounds in the Mormon blogosphere of late, particularly in regard to the issue of homosexuality in Mormonism. For me, this is a subject that hits home because, you see, I suffer from depression. It’s taken me a while to...
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 Leah Marie | Feb 5, 2016 | Church, faith crisis, Featured, Individuality, Mormonism, spirituality |
My dear friend, People underestimate how hard it can be to see both sides of an issue. When you can see something good intermingled with something bad, it places a burden on your shoulders. Everyone around you is choosing sides, and you’re unable. I see you as you...
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