Managing A Worldwide Church
The Prophet Joseph Smith declared that he was laying “a foundation that [would] revolutionize the whole world.” (“Chapter 44: The Restoration of All Things: The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, [2007],...
Mary, Mother of Jesus
As a mother, my heart weeps for Mary, the mother of Jesus this day. What pain she must have felt to see what her son endured as He was beaten, reviled and humiliated, and crucified so mercilessly on the cross. What mother could bear to see her child in the throes of...
Teens: Christ’s Crucifixion, Last Words, and Death
We don’t know for certain where Golgotha is found. Many hymns and paintings over the years depict it as being on a hill, but none of the four gospels indicate this to be true. As we learn more about the culture and the times, we come to know crucifixions were done...
Teens: Simon Carried the Cross for Christ
At last the verdict was in: Jesus Christ would be crucified. Already weak and exhausted from the Garden of Gethsemane, having stayed up all night being tossed here and there by evil men whose only aim was to see Him hung, by now Christ had suffered more cruelly than...
Jesus Christ, Redeemer and Friend
Easter week marks two of the most sacred events in all of Christianity – the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally known as Mormons) join other Christians in commemorating...
Teens: A Quick History of the Passover Feast
To begin to understand the Atonement and Resurrection of Christ, we have to go back about 1200 years to when a certain occurrence first began. Anyone who has ever been a part of the Passover Feast, or read the Old Testament, knows when the first Passover Feast was...
Teens: The Last Supper
When I decided to write a little about the Atonement my thoughts did not go directly to the Garden of Gethsemane. Instead they trailed back a little in time to the Passover Feast that had occurred just a few hours before. Why? Think about the last time you had a test....
Gethsemane: A Sacred Place
The Garden of Gethsemane was a familiar place to Jesus Christ and His Apostles. We can see it was not the first time they had visited there by looking at John 18:1-2. “WHEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was...
The Atonement: The Ultimate Sacrifice
“And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and...
Teens: Christ was Taken from Trial to Trial
Jesus Christ was bound and led away by an interesting group of people. First you had the chief priests who performed the ordinances of the Aaronic Priesthood temple worship. There were also captains of the temple, who acted as security guards, so to speak. They kept...
Teens: Christ was Betrayed
Things unfolded quickly after Christ’s triumphant exit from the Garden of Gethsemane. Even as He told His friends to sleep on and take some rest (Matthew 26:45), a group of men came to take Him. This group included chief priests and elders, all men of the Jerusalem...
Finding Lost Sheep: Using the Church’s Membership Records
Yesterday I received an email from a old high school buddy. Hmmm…maybe I should rethink that word “old.” She was organizing an elementary school reunion and trying to track down friends she had lost contact with over the years. She was looking for a particular person...
Mission.net
I just discovered mission.net! It is THE place to go on the net to learn about every mission ever organized in the Church since 1837! You can spend quite a bit of time exploring the site and learning about the 350 missions currently operating in 162 nations. It has...
Searching for Truth
Our conversion story today comes from Maria Moreno from Santa Ana, California. Her daughter is currently serving in the Italy, Milan mission! Here are her words: My conversion has been a slow process, I believe. It began with the death of my biological father when I...
A Time To Be Proactive
Over the years I have had many single adult friends say that the reason they don't like singles wards is because there are so many people in them, which makes it impossible not to fall through the cracks. However, I have also heard this said about school and even work...
I Will Forever Be Grateful To These Four Amazing Men
I will always be grateful for the missionaries who taught my Father’s family the gospel just before he was born, and for the missionaries who taught my mother and aunt the gospel when they were in their teens. I cannot help but think that, if my parents had not been...
Joseph Smith and a Worldwide Church
Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called Mormon Church), championed the idea of a far-reaching, worldwide church. One of his early associates, Wilford Woodruff (who later became the fourth president of the...
A Good Citizen
To live in America is an awesome blessing and opportunity. I always look forward to each year when we celebrate the birth of this country. At that time I like to reflect back on all the memorable moments of the year. We have so much for which we can be grateful. This...
Too Strict or Too Lenient? – Solving the Parenting Puzzle of Balance
My last blog talked about the fire of free will – the power, intensity and capacity that our children have to choose. We are thrilled when they choose well and sad or frustrated when they choose poorly. We try to help them in their choices as best we can, but find...
Where Will We Go When We Die?
Not everyone who believes in life after death finds it a rosy proposition. Hamlet called it the “undiscovered country,” about which our uncertainty “makes us rather bear those ills we have/Than fly to others that we know not of”(III.i.81-84). Fortunately, since...
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