Are Mormons Christian? Mormons cannot help but note the incongruity in that statement. Early missionary efforts brought astounding results because they carried the message of the restored Christian church. In England when Wilford Woodruff met the Benbows and their United Brethren, he had no idea the large numbers of people prepared to receive the message.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ: He is Risen!
Happy Easter! May your Easter celebrations include more than colored eggs and chocolate bunnies and may you always remember Him and His sacrifice for you. I feel truly blessed to have a testimony of Jesus Christ, of his divinity and his mission and to have accepted him as my Savior and to call… Continue Reading
The Holiest Holiday of Christianity
Today is Good Friday and marks the beginning of Easter celebrations around the world. While as a Mormon, we don’t have any special church services or rituals to observe Good Friday (which always puzzled me as a child, but that’s another story), I do spend time in reflection on this day, thinking of Christ and… Continue Reading
Sunday WILL Come…
The thing that gets me through each and every day…the one thing that helps me take more happy moments then sad is the fact that I have faith and hope for the life after this one.I have gained in my OWN soul the truth that we will see our Savior again…we will live with our… Continue Reading
Names, Part 6: Jesus Christ: Children of Christ
President Faust taught many times of our privilege of being “adopted into the eternal family of Jesus Christ.” We teach our Primary children that when we promise to take upon ourselves the name of Christ, we are promising to be called his daughters (Primary 4, Lesson 12). Many times in the Doctrine and Covenants, the… Continue Reading
Names, Part 5: Jesus Christ: Taking Upon Ourselves His Name
Each week, when partaking of the Sacrament, we pray, “[we] are willing to take upon [ourselves] the name of [Jesus Christ].” This is a renewal of a covenant we make at baptism. The first thing that always comes to mind when I think about what it means to take upon myself the name of Christ,… Continue Reading
A Light Unto All: A Christmas Gift
My SIL sent this to me in an email and it’s a powerful message. Missionaries around the world share this glad tiding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I thought I’d share this with all of you and thank you to our contributors and readers! May the spirit of Christmas fill your lives with blessings!… Continue Reading
Jesus v Santa
Something has been a topic of many conversations for me this week, I have been asked a few times how, as a Latter Day Saint we deal with Santa. Not really a challenge but this is how I do it. So hands up who believes in Santa? (Both my hands are up!!) I refuse to… Continue Reading
The Shepherds
This post was written by my sister, Jennifer, who is an amazing writer and an amazing person. I am inspired by her testimony and her spiritual strength. She originally posted this on her personal blog Scatter Starshine. I wanted to share this with all of you. I am so proud of her! I’m in a… Continue Reading
When HE comes again…
This post I wrote on my OWN personal blog today…and thought to share it with you guys also. Thanks. As I sit here and prepare a lesson that I will give for the sisters in my ward…my heart goes from heavy to light. It’s like I’m being tossed around in a sea of emotions. My… Continue Reading