The following was presented at the 17th annual FairMormon Conference by Methodist minister and temple theologian Margaret Barker. [Download Presentation Handout (pdf)]…
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When I first saw the pictures of Joseph Smith’s primary seer stone my first thought was, “Oh, cool, I’m glad they…
Immersion in the mikveh (sometimes pronounced mikvah) actualizes the transition between the convert’s old identity and his or her new…
A recent post on Junior Ganymede mentions the ritual bath called a mikveh where Jews practiced ritual immersions in pools of…
Many are concerned with truth and how to obtain it. There are many ideas about what truth is, where it can…
I was looking at this picture of the Salt Lake Temple the other day and had a thought. Typically, the…
I created LDS Symbol Cards but didn’t really do much in the way of providing instructions. I thought I’d put…
O God, my Eternal Father, I ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify…
What testimony have men, in the first instance, that there is a God? Human testimony, and human testimony only. (2:56)What…
CLIMB, verb intransitive1. To creep up by little and little, or step by step; to mount or ascend, by means…
Well, five years, 340 posts later and I’m still doing this! I have no intention of stopping, in fact, I’m…
A few months ago, we had a family council where we put together a “family constitution” to help with family…
The other day I was driving with a couple of my kids and my 4-year-old asked me, “How many miles till we…
Natural experience and trials all give us opportunities to develop the character of deity within ourselves, to experience a change…
If you haven’t read them, you are missing out. They deserve our ponderous study and are some of the greatest…
Any “spiritual experience” I have ever had doesn’t feel theatrical or disconnected from reality. While many such experiences are not…
I don’t share a lot of the Church’s videos and media here unless it is something that I find particularly…
We all are familiar with the acronym that poses the thoughtful question “What Would Jesus Do?” But in pondering Matthew…
Just to be clear here, I’m not talking about the adjective, “He was wearing appropriate attire for the occasion, but…
Open-mindedness There is not enough of the attitude of the sincere investigator among us. When we come into a new…
MEDITA’TION, noun [Latin meditatio.] Close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation.…