by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 22, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
While Mormons always celebrate Christmas and Easter, holidays clearly seen as Christian in nature, Halloween is celebrated by some Mormons and not celebrated by others. Most Mormon congregations have mild Halloween parties called Trunk or Treat, in which the children,...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 14, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
When I was looking for churches to investigate, I noticed that many of the people I talked to treated their religions more like traditions than a way of life. They attended a worship service and then left the building to head straight back into their ordinary lives....
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 7, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
During a lesson on how to become wise, the six-and-seven-year-olds I taught already understood that the best way to be sure you are wise is to keep God’s commandments and to be as much like Jesus as possible. However, during our discussion, the issue of agency was...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Sep 23, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
While reading a comment on someone’s blog, I noted that a person who was not Mormon thought it was unkind of Mormons to teach that eternal families are possible only for those who make good choices in life. I thought it was an odd comment, since every other religion...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Sep 10, 2014 | Home and Family
As a writer, I spent a great deal of time teaching my children to write and to do research. I taught them how to evaluate sources and to recognize bias. I wanted them to be intelligent readers. My parents were strict about this. When we watched commercials on...
