Tag Archives: temple

Embodied

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Jana

Cross-posted from pilgrimsteps.com In one of the more important Mormon temple rituals, your body is washed with water and anointed with oil. This washing and anointing is mostly symbolic–water and oil are only touched to a few points on your … Continue reading →

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Initiatories and ICHP

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Linda

Initiatories and ICHP* *Intra-Perioneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy I spend Friday mornings in the temple whispering in white, calling down the powers of Heaven to cleanse and prepare women for the bounty God has eternally in store for them. I am awed … Continue reading →

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Relief Society Lesson 35: Redemption for the Dead

Posted on June 3, 2009 by EmilyCC

by EmilyCC I think the beginning of this lesson has some good background on how Joseph Smith’s life experiences prepared him to receive revelation for redeeming the dead (this lesson is talking primarily about baptisms for the dead and endowments, … Continue reading →

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Laying on of Hands

Posted on May 29, 2009 by G

by G The first time that I went through the temple, I knew that I would come back and become a worker there. I knew this the moment that a woman parted a white veil to usher me into a … Continue reading →

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Veiled

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Zenaida

Posted by Zenaida Photo by playingwithbrushes Why do I have to wear a veil in the temple? A friend asked me why I don’t like being veiled in the temple.  I asked him to imagine that the moment in the … Continue reading →

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body and blood and tears in church

Posted on April 17, 2009 by G

by G When I stopped attending the LDS church last year I started visiting  other local worship services and I found myself in the embarrassing situation of weeping in public.  (Two Sundays in a row!)   It started at the Episcopalian … Continue reading →

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Question Authority

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Jana

By Jana (Based on a post from my soloblog) This weekend I scraped off the tattered bumper stickers from our car (Another Family for Peace, Live Simply so Others May Simply Live, and Just Say YES to Equal Marriage Rights) … Continue reading →

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The Temple

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Zenaida

Posted by Zenaida I haven’t been to the temple in almost a year. Until recently. There are so many reasons for this hiatus of which I could create an extensive list and has been discussed around many forums, but for … Continue reading →

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Single and Endowed

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Zenaida

By Zenaida San Diego Temple I was endowed at the age of 24. I did not serve a mission, and I am still single. I’ve recently begun to wonder if I could do it again, would I? Would I choose … Continue reading →

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Emma's Blessing

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Zenaida

by Zenaida In the days leading up to the prophet’s martyrdom, Emma was undoubtedly feeling the strain of so much persecution, and sought a blessing from her husband. Because he was unavailable to fulfill her request, he instructed her to … Continue reading →

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