Before I forget because I find it both significant and important. What happened with Paris was bad, but it could have been far worse. I thank God for all the little culminating miracles that meant I was able to get her back and safe and sound ( Read more... )

So two weeks ago Sunday I gave a talk in church. In the LDS chruch we don't have a preacher. The Bishop presides and sometimes conducts (sometimes one of the counselors conducts as well), but he doesn't usually share doctrine from the pulpit. Instead we get to hear talks from various people in the congregation, usually a youth speaker and then a ( Read more... )

Christ introduced shades of grey to the Mosaic law. The Jews were very black and white. If you took more than a perscribed number of steps on the sabbath you were a sinner. Christ turned the attention not to outward actions, but to the contents of the person's heart, whichn really, is where the seed of all action resides. If you have good ( Read more... )

With Mitt Romney running for president the LDS church is in the news again as it was with the issues with the Fundamentalist (FLDS) a few years ago I feel it's a good time to open this up ( Read more... )

There was an article in the newpaper today, I think it was the front page, or perhaps it was the front of the local section, don't remember which, but it was about a mother whose son had joined the LDS Church and was getting married in the temple. The short of it is that she was upset because she was not able to see her son be married to his wife ( Read more... )

I had a few Mormon friends growing up that were able to bring me above the cliche stereotypes and misconstrued practices, so here's a weird one, but you should have fun with it ( Read more... )

Does the role of women within the church bother you at all, or do you just accept it as a big part of the faith/teachings? How is that something you come to terms with? When I was a Mormon, the extreme inequality of women and their role prescribed by the church made me a little sad. It was always just the lectures of, get married and be a good ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to do this for a while and will probably repeat the exercise from time to time ( Read more... )

I can't help it, when I hear or see Mormons mentioned in media outlets I can't help but cringe a little. I'm sure people who are Muslim feel the same way. It is a "oh great, what are they going to screw up and misrepresent this time ( Read more... )

Let me give you some back-story ( Read more... )