Speaking of Ordination

My son had the opportunity to attend his first Temple trip with the youth recently. He was nervously anticipating this next step in his cultural indoctrination. Our branch has a chasm between him and the other youth as far as age, so he was not among...

A Time and Season for Family History

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Before I had children, I spent a lot of time working on my family history. I also served for many years in the Family History Center (now called FamilySearch Center) and...

Why Mormons Build Temples

The church has a channel on YouTube called Mormon Messages. Yesterday they posted a new video titled, “Why Mormons Build Temples.” (Comments and ratings are not open on this video.) How do you think this will work as a response to the upcoming airing of...

Terrified at the Temple

Let me be clear hear. I believe in being careful when discussing sacred things. While I do think that the things we “can't” talk about are really limited to signs, tokens, and names, etc., I still try to be careful about what I say about the temple well...