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Conference Has a Message for You

We’re all busy watching General Conference today; we hope you are too. I know that I have received many personal messages from General Conference, either directly from the messages given or from the whisperings of the Spirit as I have watched. Click on the picture to go to the Church’s website. 0

Feasting on the…

Is it just me, or does everyone think long and hard about what special foods they’ll eat during General Conference? As a child, my food association with conference was a special treat bag assembled by my mother, the contents revealed to us only after we were settled into the church pews. In college, watching conference [...]

Kicking Off the Eight-Hour-Church Weekend

Normally, Saturday is a special day because it’s the day we get ready for Sunday. (Does that Primary song still exist, by the way?) But today, Saturday is a special day because it’s part one of a two-day churchathon. Are you ready? I’ll be honest — I don’t do all I should to prepare myself [...]

I disagree with Bruce R. McConkie

Yesterday in Institute, we were talking about the premortal existence, and the nature of intellegience. We talked about everything from eternal natures to foreordination to Mozart. It’s a heavy topic on the best of days, and I’ll admit to a niggling feeling all throughout the lesson. I tried to contain myself, but clearly not enough, [...]

Spiritual Mentors

Who are the most influential women in your world? I checked out  The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women; Forbes magazine claims their list “isn’t about celebrity or popularity; it’s about influence. Queen Rania of Jordan (No. 76), for instance, is perhaps the most listened-to woman in the Middle East; her Twitter feed has 600,000 followers.” [...]

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