7 Movie Standards by way of the 13th Article of Faith
From time to time LDS.net will review movies or other pop culture. Ordinarily these movies have a specific religious angle, which wil...
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My Mom Went to Church Without Her Wedding Ring. What Happened Next Will Make You Cry
In Southeast Turkey, on the banks of the ancient Euphrates river stands the city of Halfeti. Halfeti stores a deep and turbulent hist...
The Miracle of the Cloth Diapers
I want to tell you a very straight-forward story. Very simple story. This is the kind of story that happens to millions of peo...
How Lehi (No Not That One) Changed My Perspective on Everything
Lehi, the military commander from the war chapters in the Book of Alma (in the Book of Mormon), may be a relatively small char...
A Mormon at Passover
I recently was invited to attend a Passover Seder, a traditional ceremonial dinner that marks the beginning of the Passover. I was bl...
My Terrible Trip to the Museum and a Lesson on Patience, Long Suffering, and Eternal Marriage
As my wife and I began to get close to the Houston Natural Science Museum, traffic snarled up like a mustache-twirling evil doer. Tod...
What I Heard When I turned off the Radio
My internet is out. It’s been out for more than two weeks, and according to my ISP, I’ve got at least one more week to go. This has p...
5 Places I Found the Atonement
During a commencement address, the late great author David Foster Wallace told the following joke. Two young fish were swimming along...
The Danger of “What Kind of Mormon are You?”
A new quiz recently began circulating on Facebook “What kind of Mormon are you, really?” And call me a no fun downer if you must (it’...
Hope, Abinadi, and Following God’s Plan
A short time ago, I found my personal life rather devoid of hope. And when you lose hope, it becomes easy to blame yourself for all t...