February 16, 2009
Q. Can Mormons get divorced? The simple answer to the question is yes, but this is no place for a simple answer. Let’s expand the question to: “What is the religion’s stand on divorce?“ The answer in this case is: The church wishes couples would work through their problems and stay married, but accepts the [...]
January 8, 2009
Q. Why do you have to be 16 to date? Great question. And you can be sure it’s one I asked myself many a time as a 15-year-old buck surrounded by a veritable plethora of charming young ladies. This Mormon standard is spelled out in “For the Strength of Youth,” which is a booklet of [...]
October 25, 2008
A scriptural favorite of mine is the seventh chapter in the book of Moses wherein the prophet Enoch receives a powerful vision of the Earth and its inhabitants. Multiple times in this chapter, Enoch asks, even pleads with the Lord, “When will the Earth have rest?” referring to the great wickedness that was rampant in [...]
September 16, 2008
I started writing an article on a different topic today, but I couldn’t get my head around it. Every way I phrased my words seemed wrong or incomplete. As we say in the Church, I had a stupor of thought. I had the feeling to discuss something else: Before studying the scriptures this morning, I [...]