“I’m leaving the church.” Over the past month, I have heard/read this phrase seven times. Once from an incredible woman in my home ward who can’t take anymore of the ward’s judgement. Why I Stay a Member When Many Friends Have Left Once from a family member who has felt the church is too restrictive […]
Category: Personal
Joseph Smith Is Not On Trial—We Are
He lived two centuries ago. Yet with the animosity and attacks on his character today, you would think he was a modern day public figure, stirring up stagnant religious and political waters. Joseph Smith declared that on the night of September 21, 1823, an angel appeared to him telling him “that his name was Moroni” […]
Bad Things Will Happen In Life. So What’s the Good News?
What Not to Say to Someone Who Has Been Hurt By Church
A few years ago, I had my first experience with spiritual abuse. Compelled to serve God in a radical way, I dropped out of college, gave away all my possessions and moved to Africa, only to be manipulated, controlled and taken advantage of by the leaders in the mission organization. When I got home, my […]
Honoring your ancestors
Recently, my wife and I embarked on a genealogical journey to honor our ancestors. We paid our respects to them by visiting the gravesites of our great-grandparents. We are grateful for the sacrifices they made and the legacies they left as faithful members and pioneers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many […]
How to Embrace Our Endowment of Power
God has prepared a great endowment and blessing to be poured out on our heads. Learn more about how to embrace your personal endowment of power. For behold, I have prepared a great endowment and blessing to be poured out upon them, inasmuch as they are faithful and continue in humility before me.—Doctrine and Covenants […]
Popular Latter-day Saint Podcaster & Scholar Laura Hales Dies of Cancer
Laura Harris Hales, a scholar and founder of the popular Latter-day Saints Perspectives Podcast, passed away on April 13, 2022, from pancreatic cancer. She was 54 and her death was noted by an obituary in the New York Times. A faithful Latter-day Saint, she was also the author of multiple books about Church history and presented regularly […]
His sculptures are unlike any you’ve seen before in the Church.
Here’s why his journey is just as remarkable His journey to the gates of the embassy hadn’t been easy. Only a few days earlier, his request for a visa to America had been flatly denied due to expired paperwork. Government workers had even stamped the back of his passport to indicate that he would have […]
Latter-day Saint flees Ukraine shares harrowing story of being separated from husband
Read the First Presidency statement on the armed conflict here. “Dima, are you sleeping? The war has started. We are being bombed.” These were the words that rang through the phone and into the ears of Dimasik (Dima) Reshetchenko at 6 a.m. on Thursday, February 24. The caller was Dima’s mother, Tamara, warning of the chaos that […]
LDS Filipino actor Diether Ocampo, rushed to hospital after car crush in Makati City
Renowned Filipino actor, Diether Ocampo, was rushed to the hospital after he was involved in a car crash in Makati City, Philippines. Reports tell that the latter-day saint actor was driving his SUV in the southbound lane of the service road where the incident occurred. A parked garbage truck was hit by the SUV. It […]
Why Does Modesty Matters
My grandma used to tell me a story about the Brigham Young University Testing Center in Provo, Utah. Nobody knows if it truly happened or if it’s just an urban legend. Why modesty is still important or why modesty still matters. All women were expected to wear knee-length or longer skirts to school every day, […]
10 Things Church Leaders Have Taught About Eve
Latter-day Saints have an expanded view on the Fall of Adam and Eve and specifically about Mother Eve. While many Christian sects look down upon Eve for her sinfulness, Latter-day Saints believe Eve should be revered and honored. Here are ten teachings and quotes from Church leaders about Eve. 1. Glorious Mother Eve President Joseph […]