Hymns Chase the Darkness Away
Mormons love music. We love to sing. We love to dance. For me, personally, music brings great joy to my heart. When I am sad, music can life my spirits. When I'm in the mood to clean, music can make me motivated. When I want to the feel the Spirit of God close to me,...
Ring in the Christ
We are settling into the new 2008, and this is the time of year when most people who have set resolutions for the new year are facing the difficulty of sustaining necessary changes. I am reminded of a poem by Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), which we sing as a hymn in the...
Starting a Family Newsletter
In a previous post I talked about the importance of improving extended family relationships and mentioned a few ways that this might be done. I’d like to discuss one of those ways now: starting a family newsletter. The idea of a family newsletter was another novelty I...
My Testimony of the Mormon Church
A common theme of many conversion stories of those who have grown up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as “the Mormons”) is that sooner or later, It is another to reach that conclusion within yourself, and to commit your own heart and...
Mormon Featured in Documentary on Wheelchair Life
Ernie Wallengren died in 2003, but his image lives on in a documentary that will air on public television in Utah later in January. “Rolling,” produced by physician and filmmaker Gretchen Berland, has won multiple awards for showing what daily life is like for...
Children and Swearing
I stood outside the school doors one day, waiting for my oldest to get out of school. My boys were playing on the nearby playground, and the baby lay tucked tight in her stroller. It usually took a few minutes after the bell would ring for my oldest to find her way to...
Mormon Myths and Realities
From The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints press release: [This is] a 10-minute video originally produced for the large number of journalists visiting Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics has been updated and posted on Newsroom today to help counter...
Joseph Smith Is A Revealer of Christ
When asked to explain Mormonism in a nutshell, the Prophet Joseph Smith wrote: “The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended...
Joseph Smith’s Political Creed
The Mormon Church is politically neutral. This is something to remember during this election year in the United States. Even though there is a member of the Mormon Church running for president (Mitt Romney), he is not the Mormon candidate. He is running under his own...
Comfort Is Only A Prayer Away
I'm writing today from a hospital room. My husband is here, being tested and prodded and possibly prepared for heart surgery. Possibly not, too, as anything could happen at this point. Nevertheless, it has been stressful and upsetting to say the least. This is not the...
Preparing for the Temple
Many new members are anxious to go to the temple for the first time. Even if you were just baptized yesterday, it’s not too soon to begin preparing. You will want to be as ready as possible before you go. You will need to wait until you’ve been a member of the church...
Changing the World
Often, when teenagers join the church, they start to become more aware of what is going on in the world around them. As they participate in service projects through church and learn about the impact of service in their lessons, and as their love for the Savior grows,...
Promote Modest Dress With Your Children
A sweet woman my husband works with has twin girls just a year older than my own daughter. Every six months or so she goes through her girls’ closet and locates all the clothes that are too small and lovingly hands them over to us. These gifts of clothes come as quite...
“Lo here, Lo there”
Whenever we discuss the life of Joseph Smith—the first prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church, we usually start with the First Vision. We begin with a brief retelling of the religious tumult, then focus on the...
Duty to God Program for Teachers
When a young man of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church as it is sometimes called, turns fourteen years of age and is found worthy he will be ordained to the office of a 'Teacher.' This is the second office in the Aaronic Priesthood. As a...
Duty to God Program for Priests
The highest calling in the Aaronic Priesthood is that of a priest. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church as it is more commonly known, young men at the age of sixteen (up through seventeen, or until ordained to the Melchizedek...
Be of Good Cheer
In the scriptures, our Savior, Jesus Christ has told us, In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33) Sometimes, it is difficult to see beyond our daily trials. Things can become so overwhelming and stressful...
Coping With Anti-Mormon Propaganda
As soon as you become serious about investigating the church, and for some time after, there will be people who consider it their duty to try to talk you out of it. They’ll bombard you with propaganda designed to make you question your growing new faith. Even if no...
The Living Christ – the Path to Happiness
In April of 2000 the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormon Church) published a declaration of the reality of The Living Christ – their testimony of Jesus Christ. Recently I took up the challenge to memorize this document, and in...
Mormon Myths & Realities
It is truly astonishing to Mormons how much is misunderstood about us. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released a video with Hall of Fame quarterback, Steve Young and former Miss America, Sharlene Hawkes. You may watch the video: Mormon Myths &...
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