Category: becoming

May 19, 2013

Seeing God Among and Within Us

The Book of Mormon includes the following statement from Alma, the ...

May 10, 2013

Becoming Mother

This guest essay by Mary C. Stelter was submitted for our series on ...

May 5, 2013

Purity of Heart

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

April 26, 2013

How Will Governs the Cosmos

I like to understand how things work. I do this by ...

April 21, 2013

The Difference Between Mercy and Meekness and Kindness

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

April 14, 2013

Forbearance to Inflict Harm: Practical Mercy

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

April 5, 2013

Hold Your Peace

This is the seventh of a 7-part series, A Compound in One. In March of ...

April 5, 2013

Sex as a Sacrament

This is the fourth in a 7-part series, A Compound in One.  The gospel of ...

April 1, 2013

Agency: Guns, Gays and Abortion

With all the tumult about same sex marriage, gun rights, and ...

March 27, 2013

Brad Wilcox, Continuous

In a delightful pair of books, popular LDS author and speaker ...

March 24, 2013

Mercy: “Judge Not, that Ye Be Not Judged”

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

March 23, 2013

Be Ye Therefore Perfect

Matthew 5:48 quotes Jesus Christ as saying, "Be ye therefore perfect, ...

March 22, 2013

Is College Education for Naught When You Just Stay Home?

A while ago I was talking to a BYU student in ...

March 19, 2013

A House of Learning

... Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; ...

March 17, 2013

Becoming More Merciful

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

March 4, 2013

That for Which I Hunger and Thirst – and the Place of Blogging in My Pursuit

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

February 26, 2013

Why We Sometimes Shouldn’t Write

I have a long history of offending people with my writing. ...

February 24, 2013

Healing

This last essay in our Peculiar Minds series is by Michelle. A ...

February 18, 2013

The Well of Depression

This essay is a part of our Peculiar Minds series. The darkness ...

February 18, 2013

How To Help Someone Who Is Depressed: An LDS Perspective

This guest essay in our Peculiar Minds series is by Sarah ...

February 17, 2013

The Diagnosis

This guest essay in our Peculiar Minds series, is anonymous. I'm sitting ...

February 13, 2013

Why the Basics Are Not Always So “Basic”

Language is a fluid concept. An english dictionary from two hundred ...

February 11, 2013

What Will I Regret?

When I heard President Uchtdorf's talk in October, I liked it. ...

February 10, 2013

Managing Hunger and Thirst

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

February 8, 2013

What Shall I Give in Exchange For My Soul?

I am drawn to simple, yet profound statements: one sentence sermons ...

February 7, 2013

Gospel Protection in a Poisonous Culture

I came to conference this time hoping for real answers to ...

February 4, 2013

Can I Do Good with a Bad Attitude?

I have a testimony of the gospel and of my Savior, ...

February 3, 2013

Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

January 31, 2013

The Road IS Long

Last month the Lord promised me help when I needed it, ...

January 29, 2013

Spiritual ADD

Too often I find myself going through the following cycle: I discover ...

January 27, 2013

Reflections on Meekness: Being Gentler With the Ones We Love

[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray ...

January 20, 2013

Blessed are the Meek: Defining Meekness as a Personal Quest

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 13, 2013

The Paradox of Spiritual Debt

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 12, 2013

Growing Sin

I don’t like the word repent. Short and chopped at the ...

January 6, 2013

Thoughts on Spiritual Poverty

[Over the next few Sundays we are publishing a series from ...

January 3, 2013

A Stream of Testimony

As the old year ends and the new begins, the editors ...

December 20, 2012

The Gift of Oneness

This is the eleventh in a series by our writers and ...

December 19, 2012

The Gift of a Thankful Heart

This is the tenth in a series by our writers and ...

December 18, 2012

Foundational Thoughts about Spiritual Gifts

This is the ninth in a series by our writers and ...

December 14, 2012

The Gift of Weeping

This is the sixth in a series by our writers and ...

December 10, 2012

Jared, His Brother, and Spiritual Gifts

This is the first in a series by our writers and ...

December 8, 2012

Praying for Charity

Please welcome Maria Farb, who is guest posting with us. “...pray unto ...