Sacred Music Sunday: Jacob’s Ladder
I remember when I was in seminary we learned one day about the story of Jacob’s vision of a ladder with angels going up and down it. I hadn’t heard the story previously, and...
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What Good Is a Prophet?
“Claiming to speak for God is a tricky business — especially when God changes his mind, often, on hot-button political issues after receiving immense public backlash.” – Lauren Jackson, writing for CNN about the...
Guest Post: Stewards and Kings
By Anonymous Once, not terribly long ago, I was reading through the story of Alma and Abinadai. Mosiah 18:13 & 18 stuck out to me: 13 And when [Alma] had said these words, the Spirit of...
The benefits of fallible prophets
I spent my teenage years in another country as the daughter of an ex-pat banker. I attended a very small English-speaking ward and was often one of very few Mormons my age. Because our ward...
Relief Society Lesson #6: Sustaining Those Whom the Lord Sustains
We’ll begin with a scripture story about the prophet Moses. His people were at war with the people of Amalek. Moses went up to a hill to watch the battle and brought his rod...
Relief Society Lesson 47: “Praise to the Man”: Latter-day Prophets Bear Witness of the Prophet Joseph Smith
by Kelly Ann (Lesson from Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, (2007),541–57) Start by reading the following passage from the life of Joseph Smith. Following the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith and...
Proscriptive
by Zenaida Stake Conference: The Stake President’s message this time was mainly about the Energy Drink “epidemic.” He began by reminding us that the Ensign is scripture. Then encouraged us to go home and...
Women's Prophetic Drumming Tradition
When they unloaded the drums from their truck, I knew I’d chosen the right group to perform for the school’s Fine Arts assembly (I was the PTA Chair for such events that year). The...
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