by Katie P | Nov 21, 2007 | Emergency Preparedness
The Colorado Springs Gazette recently profiled a Mormon family who have followed the counsel of the prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and built up an extensive food storage in their basement. Leaders of the Church have counseled members for...
by Katie P | Nov 19, 2007 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
I first learned what repentance was in Primary, the children’s organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Our teacher told us that when we did something wrong, we needed to repent for it. She had us learn and recite the four major steps: Feel...
by Katie P | Nov 16, 2007 | Mormons
Approximately 125 Osmonds flew from Utah to Chicago to appear on the Oprah Winfrey Show that aired on November 9, 2007. Despite the recent passing of their father, the family chose to do the show anyway, feeling that he would have wanted them to do it. He had...
by Katie P | Nov 16, 2007 | Home and Family
The recent release of a game touted as “the most violent video game ever” has again opened up the question of whether such violent entertainment really has an effect on viewers and participants. Many people would intuitively answer “yes” to...
by Katie P | Nov 8, 2007 | Mormons
I remember the first set of Mormon missionaries I met that had been assigned to my university campus when I was in college. Having come from a small branch that covered a large geographical area, I was surprised that there was a set of missionaries that was assigned...