by Benjamin Knoll | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, Individuality, spirituality |
“… spiritual strength requires finding one’s own well from which to drink. We should recognize, first, that we are responsible for our own spiritual diet, and second, that sources of inspiration are sprinkled indiscriminately throughout time and place.” Crucible of...
by Jeremy Timothy | Jan 4, 2016 | Faith, Featured, Humanity, Mormonism, Natural Theology, Revelation, science, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, Theology, Why I Am Mormon |
Whether its Moses parting the Red Sea, Jesus rising from the dead, Mohammed riding a winged horse of fire up into heaven, or the Angel Moroni appearing to Joseph Smith to lead him to an ancient record written by his own hand on gold plates, all the World’s great...
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...
by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Dec 16, 2015 | Apostasy, Black Mormon History Month, decisions, Disagreement, Excommunication, faith crisis, Family, Featured, General Conference, History, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, infallibility, Jesus Christ, LDS Missions, Racism, spirituality, Truth, Uncategorized, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
In October, I was on a panel about Black Women and Race in the LDS Church as part of the “Black White and Mormon” Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah the week after General Conference. After the panel, an audience member approached me because he knew my writing...
by Julie de Azevedo Hanks | Dec 15, 2015 | Featured, General authorities, Mental Health, Mormonism, spirituality |
There have been a handful of moments in my life when I’ve realized that common words and phrases in LDS culture have become so familiar that they have lost their original meaning. For example, stake center, FHE, and “without a shadow of a doubt” are such common jargon...
by Kyle Anderson | Dec 9, 2015 | Featured, spirituality |
As a people, Mormons aren’t particularly concerned with being like everyone else. Our history is one of actively seeking “set-apart” status–sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. Maintaining a trench between ourselves and the...
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