Read in Español When I got home from my mission everyone wanted to help me ‘adjust’ back to the ‘real world.’ I got so much advice on how and what I should be doing, but looking back on most of the advice I got — I really wish I had ignored it. What I wish …
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A Latter-day Saint’s Guide to Visiting Other Churches. If you were born and raised a Latter-Day Saint, the idea of going to another church would be a foreign concept. But the action of attending your friends’ church is one of the most powerful ways to show you are a true friend. Countless times I’ve met converts who joined …
Marriage is Ordained of God. Read this article in Français, or Español The importance of marriage and family are one of the core tenets of the Church of Jesus Christ in every age; and in the Latter-days, it is no different. You need to look no further than the first paragraph of The Family: A Proclamation …
My Bishop Changed One Tiny Thing And It Totally Changed Sacrament Meeting. Sacrament meeting should be a place people receive revelation in the Church. But, often our Sacrament meetings are lackluster and people are leaving without revelation. One of the main reasons for this, I believe, is how we approach talks in church. See, …
The Revival Within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At a time when almost every Christian denomination is shrinking and praying for a revival or great awakening, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is experiencing one. When President Nelson, age 94, took over as the prophet of the church many …
The Church Needs The Single, Less Active, and LGBTQ. Every single one of us needs the restored Gospel in our lives. We need the guidance and warning of the prophets and the blessings of the Priesthood. We also are in desperate need of the blessings of the temple and the covenant pathway in our lives. …
“I want to be a stay-at-home mom.” It is a phrase that I have heard from countless YSA sisters when asked about what they want to do with their life. For the longest time, I thought that was an amazing goal. They wanted to follow the Prophet. Then I realized something. I was hiking in …
Visitors Are Welcome But Do They Feel Wanted? In the past few years, I’ve moved a lot. Between moving and traveling it has afforded me the opportunity to attend more than 20 different congregations across the united states. Ranging from family wards to small branches. From all my travels I have learned something. Every …
Last week President Nelson asked us not refer to ourselves as Mormons anymore. I felt that this was a call to repentance. That is how I personally felt, I know thousands of others have felt the same way, but this charge to do better has revealed an ugly undercurrent within our culture. The need to …
The Lord Just Called His Entire Church To Repentance. One role of a prophet is to cry repentance, and that is what the prophet has just done. What am I talking about? How we as members of the Church, and even the Church itself, have not followed the counsel in D&C 115:4. “Thus shall my church be called in the …