by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 20, 2013 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
While researching an article on Ziba Peterson, I noticed something interesting about him. One thing I noticed is that you have probably never heard of him, even though, if you study Mormon history, you will have heard of most of the other people in the event that got...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 24, 2013 | Finding Truth
From early in religious history, God has offered periodic signs of spiritual events. Non-believers, learning of these signs, often demand signs to try to make fun of believers. Others claim they would believe if God would send them a sign. Sign can play a significant...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 17, 2013 | Finding Truth
Today, the definition of truth seems to be under attack. Many have rejected the idea that there are any absolute truths and that truth is either entirely individual or put to a popularity vote. This ignores, of course, the fact that there have always been absolute...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 20, 2012 | Finding Happiness
Some people spend a great deal of time focused on the sad and scary aspects of life and then find it impossible to be happy. There are, without question, sad and scary things happening, but there are just as many—more, in fact—wonderful and happy things. They don’t...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 5, 2012 | Finding Happiness
I’ve been writing biographies of people in early Mormon history recently. As I’ve written about the same time period and the same events from the points of view of many different people, I’ve become aware of just how important attitude is. The right attitude can...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Mar 19, 2012 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
A University of Pennsylvania professor, with a team of researchers, has released a new study that shows Mormons volunteer more and give more to charity than do other Americans. The study was done by Ram Cnaan, who is the Associate Dean for Research, Professor, and...
