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I consider myself a pretty compassionate, understanding person, especially with strangers and acquaintances. I always give them the benefit of the doubt and don’t take anything personally, so it takes a lot for me to get irritated with others. But once I am, my Christlike attitude quickly departs. Recently I was very irked with a couple in my ward for not fulfilling their calling as Nursery teachers. We have six Nurseries in the ward, each with ten children. It is very chaotic on Sundays, especially when we need to find substitutes. All we ask of the teachers is to call subs or call us to give us warning of their absence. This couple had only done so once on the night before church. The rest of the time they had been gone. I was very frustrated. I thought they were being immature. I heard they did not like their calling and that was why they were not showing up. I was mad that they accepted a calling they were not willing to do instead of just saying no and only the bishopric... Read the rest of this entry »

John Merilatt of Ephesians 2 Ministries asked this question on his Facebook Page: Question to ask Mormons: If baptism is … Continue reading »  Read More →

Greg West has provided me permission to republish this article from the Society of the prevention of Anti-Mormonism (SPAM). If … Continue reading »  Read More →

Sitting in Ward Conference yesterday, learning to fulfill a calling as a ward missionary, the reality is becoming how and … Continue reading »  Read More →

Facing the Future with Faith – Adapted from a sacrament talk given on July 17, 2011   Good morning, brothers … Continue reading »  Read More →

New Testament Lesson #24                      “This is Life Eternal”                                     John 16-17 Study outline: John 16:1-15: Jesus prepares his Apostles for the … Continue reading »  Read More →

Somehow I’m just not as connected to the blogosphere as I thought.  I received an email with all this hype around a guy who had stood up in General Conference and taken a goofy picture.  It went viral and now became featured in a series of posters on the LDS Friends website with captions underneath them.  I thought some of them were funny.  Here are my favorite three: Of these ones I posted and the ones listed on the ldsfriends.com website, I think I like the one about alcohol the best.  Which one do you like…or is there a different caption you would choose altogether?  Read More →

My favorite day of the week is Sunday. It is the one day I get to forget about worldly cares and just enjoy being with my family, focus on my spirituality, and participate in uplifting activities. I love how different the Sabbath Day feels from the rest of the week. On the Sabbath I dress up and put on makeup and stay that way all day. On the Sabbath I learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ. On the Sabbath I relax and rest. On the Sabbath I play with my husband and baby. On the Sabbath I read the scriptures and the Ensign. On the Sabbath I listen to beautiful music and feel the Spirit. I feel deep sorrow whenever I hear people say they dislike Sunday. I think their negative attitudes come from their misunderstanding of the purpose of the Sabbath. The Lord did not give us the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy to punish us or to benefit Himself. Jesus said, “The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath” (Mark 2:27). This scripture means, as one of my BYU religion... Read the rest of this entry »

Tulips blooming in my home downtown. Here is a topic near and dear to my heart!  The Lord’s prayer – but NOT the English version, rather the original Aramaic version. Christ teaches us about prayer to the Father in Matthew 6: 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Aramaic is a rich, three-dimensional language. English is a scientific, clinical two-dimensional language. Translating Aramaic into English is difficult and some precious understandings will inevitably be lost in the translations. The Aramaic language assumes that everything happening on the outside is happening on... Read the rest of this entry »

If you subscribe to the LDS Living magazine, you probably read the recent article on David Ciemny, who formerly managed Lady Gaga’s tour schedule.  He has quite the resume and experience in the music industry and has managed to keep his morals in spite of the surroundings he has been with from being in his own band all the way up to managing major tours.  When he reached the peak of success as Lady Gaga was bursting onto the scene, he could see his touring would keep him away from his family for more than a year.  He decided to quit at that time and stay with his family. I thought the article was interesting, but it was the comments below the article from readers that got me thinking.  It appears that people were divided on supporting David with his career.  Some people applauded him for being able to keep his morals and be a “light on a hill” or “salt of the earth” so to speak.  Others criticized him for mingling with the “wrong” people. ... Read the rest of this entry »

 Recently I read some blogs and comments by active, inactive, and former members of the Church. The posts were negative and critical and planted seeds of doubt in my mind about things I have never questioned before. I felt like I had let in poison and feared the effects it was having on me. The following Sunday, my husband and I read in the November 2010 General Conference issue of the Ensign the talk “Faith–the Choice is Yours” by Bishop Richard C. Edgley. This was no coincidence. The talk addressed exactly what I was feeling. In these troubled times, there are many attacks on the Church, from within and without. They are not in our control, but our reaction is. Bishop Edgley counsels, “When our sacred doctrine and beliefs are challenged, this is our opportunity to become acquainted with God in a most private and intimate manner. This is our opportunity to choose. . . . So I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over... Read the rest of this entry »

In the LDS faith, people are not baptized until they are at the age of accountability, which according to LDS scripture is the age of 8.   According to that scripture, the parents are commanded to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to their children and baptize children when they turn 8 years old or there is a sin on the head of the parents. When reading a post about Catholic and LDS baptisms, the writer mentions someone close to her who was baptized as a Mormon at the age of 8 and felt like he didn’t have a choice in the matter.  He says he went along with it because it was the social norm and the thing to do and you “go along with it”.  Therefore, the baptism is essentially meaningless for the individual. For me, I remember my parents teaching me about being baptized and also learning about it in class at Sunday school while I was 7 years old.  While I didn’t understand everything about the commitment it was (and probably still don’t for that matter!)... Read the rest of this entry »