Living life as a modern Mormon has many facets. These articles explore what it means to be a member of the Church today.
Someone brought up an interesting question recently. Why don't the apostles of today do the things done by the apostles in the ancient Church? When I asked what prompted the question, they listed a number of scriptures that all referenced [...]
This is the opening passage in the Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2019 manual: "The aim of all gospel learning and teaching is to deepen our conversion and help us become more like Jesus Christ. For this reason, [...]
I have been steeped in a Facebook group called Latter-day Saint Ministering. My heart has been moved by the many stories of service, heartache, and kindness talked about in the group. Many of those who are most involved in ministering [...]
I tend to be one of those people who like to have everything spelled out, cut and dried, able to be checked off my list, and definable. I struggle with those things that are, as I wrote in another article, [...]
In a perfect world each person would be attentive to the needs and wants of all those around them. We would both gladly give of our time and resources, as well as gladly receive the services offered by others. Alas, [...]
I honestly don't believe that most of the members of the Church have any idea how blessed we are to have the degree of organizational stability that is unique to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Order reigns [...]
This article consists more of a series of "what ifs" and wonderments than of outright answers. I read someone's comments on Facebook that got me wondering. The gentleman stated that we Latter-day Saints, as modern-day Israelites, lacked the hellfire and [...]
For most of us our Church attendance represents in our imaginations the primary chunk of our religious time and devotion during the week. For some of us Church attendance actually is the bulk of our religious observance time and devotion [...]
The Book of Mormon was written specifically for the last days. As my wife and I were reading in Alma 61 the other day I was brought up short. As she read the first eight verses of the chapter, in [...]
The subject of miracles can be quite an imposing and difficult topic. How do you define a miracle? Who decides when a miracle has happened or what qualifies as a miracle? Are miracles within our control or can we prepare [...]