by Lesley A. Butterfield | Dec 13, 2018 | Activism, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Christmas, Church History, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, exclusion-policy, Exculion-policy, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Goodness, History, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, Mental Health, ordinances, Policy, racism, Radical Compassion, Righteousness, Savior, Service, spiritual abuse, spirituality, unity, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom |
My arms ached. My back would feel it tomorrow. My fingers frozen from the nip of the wind. Tears welled in my eyes as I began to feel sorry for myself and the pathetic situation I was in. Again. As a single mother, snowfall doesn’t mean hot cocoa, snowmen, and...
by Benjamin Knoll | Apr 26, 2018 | Agency, Agency, Featured, Temple Recommend, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom |
In a recent article in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, John Ferguson, Jana Riess, and I share results from the 2016 Next Mormons Survey regarding observance of the Word of Wisdom among self-identified American Mormons. We find that there is a high degree of...
by Peter Priesthood and Molly Mormoon | Sep 25, 2017 | Featured, Word of Wisdom |
It has come to our attention that questions have arisen regarding Brigham Young University’s recent announcement about caffeinated sugar beverages. These sincere concerns from well-meaning persons, as well as the ensuing gotcha journalism attempting to distort them,...
by Blaire Ostler | Mar 21, 2017 | Authority, Church, Featured, Temple Recommend, Word of Wisdom |
I love my mother very much. She taught me so much that I’m not even sure she is aware of. I remember her saying often, “never be afraid to stand up for what you believe”, “follow your gut”, “a phone call home will save you a hell of a lot of trouble”, “there’s nothing...
by Michelle Wiener | Oct 26, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, art, Atonement, Book Reviews, Church, Compassion, exclusion-policy, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Forgiveness, Hell, Homosexuality, Interview, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, lies, Lucifer, Marriage, Movie Reviews, Near Death Experience, Obedience, Righteousness, Savior, Sexuality, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, the Spirit World, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom, Worthiness |
Back in 1985, Rev. Howard Storm had a Near Death Experience (NDE) in which he was first taken to hell and dramatically rescued by Jesus. In 2000, Storm published a book entitled My Descent into Death recounting his NDE. He was featured on Oprah twice in the 1980’s,...
by Daniel Lewis | Aug 23, 2016 | covenants, Featured, ordinances, Temple, Tithing, Word of Wisdom |
I recently had a temple recommend interview and I have to admit to being a bit apprehensive going in. My faith has changed fairly dramatically over the past four years or so and I recognize now that while my perspective has shifted dramatically, I still accept and...
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