Living life as a modern Mormon has many facets. These articles explore what it means to be a member of the Church today.
The idea for this discussion comes from Elder Jan E. Newman's April, 2021 Conference talk entitled, "Teaching in the Savior's Way." This isn't a discussion of his talk, though all quotes below come from his talk. I want to talk [...]
The blowing of the Shofar We live in an uncertain society. We are uncertain of our roles in marriage, in our genders, in our civic responsibilities, and in so many other arenas of life. How do we deal [...]
The Lord is consistent in all that He does. If you can spot His patterns of behavior understanding Him becomes much easier. In this article I will look at several instances, mainly in the Book of Mormon, where the Lord [...]
Who is the heir? The girl is adopted. The son is natural born (blood). So who is the"first born"? Until recently, the definition of who really counts as family has traditionally boiled down to one question - "Are [...]
Week 32 is scheduled for study August 3-9, 2020. To stand fast in our faith in Christ requires that we first recognize that our faith is being challenged, or that there is someone who actually wants to destroy that faith. [...]
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash In the article entitled, Of Judgment and Choices - Part 1, I approached just the fairness aspect of how we are judged. Now I would like to look at personal [...]
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Is God really fair, or does He just give lip service to the idea? If God is really fair then why are those who go to the celestial kingdom the [...]
Photo by nega on Unsplash The Rameumptom represents the method of prayer used by the Zoramite people in the Book of Mormon. Their religion was a version of worship derived from the Nephite people, and their form of [...]
Photo by Joel Filipe on Unsplash In Alma 30 we get the substance of the teachings of Korihor. The purpose of this article is to show that the poison Korihor offered the people of Nephi is among us [...]
"Live your truth." That is a popular saying these days. But what does that saying really mean? What is the result of actually sticking by your right to "live your truth"? And finally, how is our truth, whatever we define [...]