by Jason L | Mar 11, 2016 | Family, Featured, ordinances, Priesthood, Sacrament, Why I Am Mormon |
The year my brother turned 12, my dad received permission to ordain him to the Aaronic priesthood while we were visiting family in Utah. As a sixteen year old priest, this was my first time participating in an ordination. This was also the first time that a member of...
by Daniel Lewis | Aug 25, 2015 | Bible Scholarship, Featured, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Sacrament, Savior |
Central to the worship and devotion of Mormon Church members is the ordinance of the sacrament in which we explicitly renew the covenant implicitly made at baptism. The covenant is implicit, because we do not verbally agree to specifically stated conditions at the...
by Jason L | Nov 9, 2014 | Featured, Feminism, Old Testament, Temple |
A recent visit to the temple reinforced for me the idea that Paul got his parallel wrong: Christ is not the second Adam but the second Eve. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive,” Paul wrote (1 Cor. 15:22). But, considering our modern...
by Emily Spencer | Sep 17, 2014 | Agency, Atonement, Book Reviews, Charity, Compassion, Disability, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Forgiveness, Humanity, Mental Health, Reviews, Sacrament, Symbolism, Truth |
Ezra and Hadassah: A Portrait of American Royalty is the gripping account of author Heather Young’s tumultuous childhood at the abusive hands of those into whose care she was entrusted, both her foster and Latter-day Saint adoptive parents. With remarkable courage,...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Apr 14, 2014 | Atonement, Featured, New Testament, Sacrament |
CELEBRATING PALM SUNDAY AS A MORMON WARD – A REFLECTION We piled into our minivan almost a half hour earlier than we normally do. “Okay, I’ll say family prayer,” I said. “…Heavenly Father, we are grateful that today we can remember...
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