by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 16, 2016 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
This article was previously published on Latterdaysaintwoman.com When I commit myself to something, I tend to do it all the way. I’ve been married only once. After studying many churches, I chose one and stayed. I don’t like to flit where it matters. However, there...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 4, 2015 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
It was just two years after the Mormon pioneers had reached Utah. They had been forced from their homes multiple times, sometimes in the dead of winter. They had seen loved ones murdered. They had been the subject of an extermination order by a state government and...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 4, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
90 years ago, on February 3, 1924, Woodrow Wilson died. He was the 28th president of the United States and, after the Republican Party split in 1912, he became a Democrat. Wilson’s presidency had several connections to Mormon history, some of which impacted the way...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 20, 2013 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
With the baptism of Prince George, son of Prince William and Kate Middleton, baptisms may come back into fashion. According to the BBC, baptisms in the Church of England are declining, with just one in three being christened in 1980 and a little more than one in ten...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 19, 2013 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
In 1963, John F. Kennedy toured Germany. Knowing he was coming, six Mormon missionaries serving there prepared a surprise for him. They worked to create a 40-foot banner that read, “Welcome President Kennedy—the 1,100 Mormon Missionaries in Germany.” It was sewn by a...
