President David O. McKay once said that he was “disappointed” when he first went through the Temple and he explains why.…
Browsing: Temple Prep
This conference which took place on October 23, 2013, in Logan, Utah was filmed and posted here at the Academy of Temple…
I’d like to give an internet high-five to the Church for this great page they put up for the youth…
The following is a guest-post from J Washburn: In December of 2012, I toured the George Washington Masonic Memorial in…
Link to the Deseret News article I was listening to the This Week in Mormons Podcast when I heard this chapel…
Today was the day, 186 years ago that the Nephite record known as The Book of Mormon passed from immortal…
For those who have seen the original Karate Kid movie you’re probably familiar with the famous “wax on, wax off”…
There are at least five core elements that are used in the ordinance of the sacrament. Back on June 16th…
Perhaps most of us throw around the word “symbolism” without understanding the various nuances of the subject. I created ldsSymbols.com with…
Originally posted at TempleStudy.com What is mysticism? That is the million dollar question. It is incredibly difficult to define. Wikipedia…
I’m excited to announce the official publication of a little temple-related project that I’ve been working on. It all began…
I posted this photo on Instagram yesterday and have been thinking about kids and the temple. According to Val Brinkerhoff…
I like to understand how things work. I do this by trying to see relationships and patterns between things to…
The following article is from TempleStudy.com Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the…
In response to an email question about the meaning of beehives sent in by Cameron to ldsSymbols.com, I dug up…
Did you know that you can “read” temples? What if all of the temples around the world today constituted a…
Pictured above is my latest rendering of the Nephite Interpreters that were in the possession of Joseph Smith for a time. I…
In the very quote that inspired the title of this blog, Rene Daumal penned a profound though: “You cannot stay on…
A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe is probably one of my favorite books in the whole wide world. Is…
by Truman G. Madsen Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Reprinted by permission from By Study and Also By Faith: Essays…
All of the notes below are taken directly from the Temple Institute which is an organization seeking to rebuild the…