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Seeing the Lives Behind Our Words

Seeing the Lives Behind Our Words

by Kyle Anderson | Jul 12, 2017 | Charity, Church, Compassion, Featured, Goodness, Repentance, Spiritual Experiences, Truth | 6 comments

Decades separate the two most important testimony meetings I have been a part of. In both instances, men I looked up to approached the pulpit with conviction and then proceeded to fall apart.The first time it was my father. This past Sunday, it was a man approximately...
Reflections on the 50th anniversary of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought”

Reflections on the 50th anniversary of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought”

by Benjamin Knoll | Sep 8, 2016 | Education, Featured, Individuality, prophecy, Prophets, Revelation | 3 comments

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. A conference and gala event are being held on September 30th to commemorate this anniversary. In that spirit, I offer a few reflections on the impact Dialogue has had in my...
Landing Instructions: How to Navigate (or Help Someone Navigating) a Faith Crisis

Landing Instructions: How to Navigate (or Help Someone Navigating) a Faith Crisis

by Boyd Petersen | Aug 4, 2016 | Faith, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Featured, Truth | 7 comments

Many years ago, I took a flight from Baltimore to New York on a turboprop airplane. I love to fly and I had never experienced a turboprop, so I was thrilled to get on the plane. But what started out as an adventure ended up a nerve-wracking experience when we ran into...
Intellectual is not a 4-letter word

Intellectual is not a 4-letter word

by Jeremy Timothy | Aug 1, 2016 | Education, Faith Crisis, Featured, Goodness, Mormonism, science, Theology, Truth | 3 comments

We live in an information age.  The access we have to information is unparalleled in the history of the world.  The internet has democratized information.  It is no longer simply kept in the hands of a select few.  It seems this is leading to the end of the age of the...
Rejoicing With Those Who Leave

Rejoicing With Those Who Leave

by Jason L | Aug 13, 2015 | Agency, Compassion, Faith Crisis, Featured, Individuality, Jesus Christ | 15 comments

In the April General Conference, President Rosemary Wixom shared the story of a young mother who had left the Church. The woman did so not “because of bad behavior, spiritual apathy, looking for an excuse not to live the commandments, or searching for an easy out” but...
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