[…] from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof (Job 26:5). The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour (Job 36:33). The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy […]
[…] on. “I know you’re gonna like this. The D.A. has given us a great offer so we can get you out of there, buddy.” Samuel was always smiles. Had he been sitting next to […]
[…] that you did. Why did you do this thing? You have embarrassed yourself and your family.’ Why can’t your God talk to his children this way, instead of punishing them all the time? Instead […]
In early June 1998, Sheridan Gashler, president of the Russia Samara Mission, felt moved to place missionaries in a small village called Bogdanovka. This was an exciting change in policy. Early LDS missionary work […]
[…] young LDS girls growing up in an era that brought changes to both women and Mormons. “What can we do with our girls?” The YWJ emerged just as Mormons abandoned the practice of plural […]
[…] What went wrong? And I began to figure a couple of things out. First of all, you can’t write a successful play unless you have a pretty clear idea of who your audience is. […]
Quakers, often called Friends, have several core “testimonies” that can be remembered by the mnemonic “SPICE”—Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, and Equality. Each of these interrelated testimonies is essential to our identity as Friends, but we […]
In July 2004, the LDS Church published True to the Faith, a handbook of doctrines and beliefs arranged alphabetically from A (“Aaronic Priesthood”) to Z (“Zion”): 190 pages of what Mormons are supposed to […]
[…] of Latter-day Saints has a strong authority structure. Power seemingly originates at the center of the Church, with the prophet and apostles, and radiates outward from there. This system of authority developed in the […]
Attending sessions of April general conference with my wife in 2007, I was reminded in many ways of the goodness of the Church. Joining fellow Saints flowing into the Conference Center on a bright […]