The True Story of Christmas (Part 2)

fter this, Mary returned home to Nazareth. How long it was before Joseph learned she was with child we do not know, but when he did become aware of it he was overwhelmed with grief. Under the Jewish law a betrothal was almost as binding as marriage itself and faithlessness was punishable by death. The … Read more

The True Story of Christmas (Part 1)

Call me curious. I’m a sucker for the story behind things, and if you are anything like me you have heard all sorts of stuff about the first Christmas, the day our Savior was born. Some of what you know is probably true, just as much is likely false. I’ll be sharing with you everything … Read more

General Conference: a time for spiritual strengthening and instruction

Ah, General Conference. For those of you not of my faith, General Conference is a special set of church meetings that only occur twice a year. This began with Joseph Smith back in 1830, the same year the church was organized in this dispensation. It is held every April and October in Salt Lake City, … Read more

What Think Ye of Christ? The most important question of our lives

The idea for this article had its beginning in a talk given by Elder Neil L. Anderson, a modern-day Apostle, in April of this year. It made me think and I hope it will make you do the same. Anyway I found it interesting and this is my blog, so… Jesus once asked the Pharisees, … Read more

The Mormons Next Door

I’ll be taking much of the context of this post from a friend, Bruce Heath. It’s originally from a presentation he gave that I’ve adapted and edited into an article which discusses lightly some of our doctrine and mostly focuses on our practices and the results of our lifestyle as published in one major and … Read more