by Jason L | Dec 17, 2015 | decisions, Featured, General authorities, Jesus Christ, Obedience, The Holy ghost |
In his October 2013 General Conference address, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf declared, [T]o be perfectly frank, there have been times when members or leaders in the Church have simply made mistakes. There may have been things said or done that were not in harmony with...
by Jonathan Cannon | Nov 16, 2015 | Agency, Featured, General authorities, Obedience, prayer, Repentance, Revelation, The Holy ghost |
I was strongly influenced by my Mission President, Halvor Clegg, in my understanding of how the Holy Ghost speaks to humans. First I share an edited list of instructions he gave us about getting answers to questions we had as missionaries. Second some examples of how...
by Stephen Carter | Nov 14, 2015 | Featured, Homosexuality, The Holy ghost |
Premise: Nothing can stand in the way of Jesus’s saving power. If a physical ordinance is needed to connect a person with this saving power, it must be available to anyone who needs it: which is everyone past the age of accountability. Since the Church will not...
by Michelle Wiener | Oct 26, 2015 | Agency, Apostasy, Charity, Compassion, Faith, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Feminism, harmony, Heavenly Mother, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lies, Mother in Heaven, parenting, prayer, Priesthood, prophecy, Radical Compassion, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
As I was reviewing the 1991 Ensign article “Daughters of God” by Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the First Presidency, I began to see a correlation between Hinckley’s prohibition against praying to our Mother in Heaven and the later call...
by Michelle Wiener | Sep 23, 2015 | Agency, Compassion, Faith, Featured, Feminism, Forgiveness, Heavenly Mother, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, Priesthood, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon |
With today being Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Hebrew calendar, I would like to reflect on a very sacred experience that I had, and one that is very unique within Mormonism, although I was actually not yet a member of the Church when I had this...
by Jonathan Cannon | May 18, 2015 | Featured, General authorities, Priesthood, Revelation, The Holy ghost |
Elder Packer probably wouldn’t be too surprised to learn that I have a relationship with him, despite our never having met. It’s the price of being a public figure, I suppose. I know we are related, somehow, through my mom’s mom, who was a Packer,...
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