As members of the Church we all get new callings. Here are posts to help us learn how to do things at church.
The best cures usually follow the best diagnoses of the ailment. In the first of this two-part series I talk about the forms of testimony sickness, the sickness that comes when our testimony is attacked or falls ill from neglect. [...]
This is the second part of a two-part series. To read the first part of the article, click here: The Troubled Testimony - Diagnosis. The first part talks about the things that make us feel lost or alone spiritually. There [...]
Church manuals are purposefully written to be clear, clean, and precise. For the most part, the doctrine expressed in a Church lesson manual is more or less obvious. If you want deep doctrine or cool insights, you will have to learn [...]
Belief is a Choice Belief is harder for some people than for others. I have heard people say, "I just cannot believe that." This is an interesting comment to make, since belief is a choice. What they really mean [...]
I know, you saw the phrase "scriptural vocabulary" in the title and cringed. Memories of spelling bees and vocabulary tests filled you with shudders, and you are being held at gunpoint to read this article. That is not an [...]
(Note: There are links to all the priesthood ordinances at the bottom of the page!) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a lay ministry, so every worthy male member can hold and use the priesthood. This [...]
(Note: Click here to return to the main article.) Administering to the sick is different from giving blessings of counsel or comfort. These blessings are for the purpose of healing one who is sick or afflicted in some manner. Normally these [...]
(Note: Click here to return to the main article.) Under the direction of the presiding authority, a worthy priest or man who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood may perform a baptism. Both the man performing the baptism and the person being baptized are [...]
(Note: Click here to return to the main article.) The sacrament is a very special ordinance. It is a time each week for us to sit and ponder the life and Atonement of the Jesus Christ, and remember the covenants [...]
(Note: Click here to return to the original article.) "The bishop or branch president oversees the conferral of the Aaronic Priesthood and ordinations to the offices of deacon, teacher, and priest. Before a person is ordained to an office in [...]