As a trying-to-recover perfectionist, I will admit that it’s always been difficult for me to process the ideal when I know that my reality is often so far from the ideal. I have spent a good portion of my life feeling like I am never enough. I have been known to have General Conferences end, […]
The Deseret News and Mormon Times recently invited readers to name their favorite LDS fiction writer. I suspect the editors were a little overwhelmed with the response. They received 324 submissions with a total of 166 authors. The top three named authors were Orson Scott Card, Elder Gerald Lund, and Stephenie Meyer.
Favorite LDS fiction author […]
How far would Brigham Young have to go to cause you to have a crisis of faith or weaken your testimony?
For many years now artists who are Mormon have tried to bring a different sense of the creative within the Church. The most recent incarnation of reaching beyond the “Deseret Book” and “Ensign Cover” material has been movies. Recently, the self-proclaimed creator of Mormon cinema announced he no longer is part of the Church, having […]
Feeling prompted by a recent thread on BCC, I thought it may be valuable to disseminate some information regarding our new General Relief society President.
Julie Bangerter Beck lives in Alpine, Utah with her husband Ramon. They are the parents of three children and have eight grandchildren. As a child she learned to speak Portuguese when […]
Brother and Sister Franks and their five youngest children have been living in China for several months, and will continue living there for several more months. Brother and Sister Franks are long time members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and have served in various callings at the ward and stake level. […]
You know the story. It’s about a man who sought glory and power through bloodshed, intrigue, and treachery. His name: Amalickiah, the Nephite dissenter. Amalickiah was an evil man who would do anything to obtain the throne. During his illegitimate rise to power, he used flattery, deceit, and murder to persuade […]
Warning: those of you in the PC crowd will not appreciate this post.
After recently declaring “jihad” on the automarket, a car dealership in Columbus Ohio has been at the center of another censorship campaign run by the diversity elites.
Living in America is a blessing that is taken for granted by millions, daily. I even found myself falling into this trap after a 6 month tour in Iraq, in 2004-05. Upon my recent return to the ’sand box’ I questioned our (America’s) purpose in having a presence here. My Commanding Officer […]
It’s true, those who buy into the 9/11 conspiracy theories are gullible and paranoid. And those who continually espouse and propagate the theories are merely pandering to these poor souls in attempt to obtain their own proverbial fifteen minutes of fame. Unfortunately, it’s working.
Even more disconcerting, a professor at BYU is the main […]
