by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Mar 22, 2016 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
This article was previously published on Latterdaysaintwoman.com I have discovered that people assume women my age–in my fifties–don’t want to serve in Primary anymore, so their names are seldom even offered up to God. As a result, when I move, I simply alert the...
by Delisa Hargrove | Feb 11, 2016 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
One scientific principle holds that an energetic object, like stars, can have two fates—if the star has lower energy then when it dies, it collapses in on itself or crashes into another star, but if the star has higher energy, then its internal energy ramps up and it...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 29, 2015 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
This article was previously published on Latterdaysaintwoman.com. I was thinking today about Sam, the older brother of Nephi in the Book of Mormon. He’s one of my quiet heroes. We don’t know much about him, so a lot has to be read between the lines. I think he...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Aug 7, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
When I was nineteen and had been a Mormon for two years, my bishop (lay pastor) and I decided I should become a Mormon missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Today, I could have gone on a full-time mission at that age, but in those days, women...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 18, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Mormonism is unique for a large religion in that all its leadership roles are filled by unpaid people. Their time is donated to the church, whether they teach the toddlers or serve as the president of the entire church. This is called a lay ministry, and the concept...
