3 Ways Latter-day Saints Are Judging Others Without Realizing it. When I talk with my non-member or less active friends and ask them how they feel about the Church I often get the same reply, “I feel judged.” But most of the members I know are not judgmental people. So I had to dig a …
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How The Kingdoms Of Glory Teach Us About Love. Recently I was studying the Kingdoms of Glory. As I read D&C 88:22-24 I had an epiphany. What if there was a correlation between the Kingdoms of Glory and their respective laws and love? What if the law we were abiding dictated our capacity to love …
6 Things Every Latter-day Saint Should Have On Their Dating List. Everyone has a dating list of things they are looking for. Some lists are good, some are awful. I have talked with girls who have admitted they’d turn down a good guy if he was shorter than they are. Or if he was not …
Let me preface this with that as a temple worker, who has attended the temple over 200 times in the last three years, and has visited almost 70 temples in North America what I am going to say is totally ok to talk about outside of the temple. And it is a discussion we need …
The Biggest Lie Satan Tricks Latter-day Saints Into Believing. When someone decides to stop going to Church, typically it is often because they have been offended or they feel judged by the shame culture. When this happens, it becomes harder and harder to go to church. This is when Satan tricks them into believing that even …
Do you ever wonder is God there? Is He listening? One of the most comforting things I have learned in life is that God is real and that He really does love me. And most importantly, He wants to have a relationship with me. He helps through Divine Guidance, often called revelation. Learning how to recognize …
3 Types Of “Testimonies” The Prophets And Apostles Have Told Us To Avoid. The first Sunday of each month always was the most nerve-racking as a missionary. Never knowing what fast and testimony meeting was going to hold. Often testimony meeting was treated like an open mic night at church. When the testimony meeting went …
Understanding The Relationship Between Grace And Works. Immortality, salvation, and eternal life are used interchangeably in Christianity and sometimes Mormons also use them interchangeably. But they are not the same thing. Understanding their true meaning allows us to understand better the commandments and other Christians. But more importantly, understanding the difference between salvation and …
Every year when Mother’s Day approaches I think of the women in my life. I quickly realized they taught me everything worth knowing. Yes, the men in my life also taught me. But, more often than not, it was the women who mothered me who made the difference. These women were not CEOs who ran …
Four Ways The Shame Culture Is Corrupting Mormon Culture. There is a thriving shame culture in the world today. The shame culture is cancer; and sadly, it has infected in many aspects of Mormon culture. Having lived in The South I experienced persecution for being a member of the church by those outside the church. …