First Person: “Seek and Ye SHALL Find!”

~ by Heather Last Sunday, I shared my testimony with the three boys in my Sunday School class that if they would seek answers in the Book of Mormon, they would find them. They joked — “Oh yeah, even math answers. You know, that verse in Alma just happens to be the answer to your [...]

Ask a Mormon Woman: What is Visiting Teaching?

~By Phoebe As a woman in my Church I am part of the Relief Society. It is the largest women’s organization in the world. To say that it is highly organized would be an understatement. One of the ways that we reach out and fellowship other women in our congregation is through visiting teaching. Every [...]

We Believe: In Self-Reliance

~by Janelle When I was five years old, my mother took me to a local shoe store to pick out new shoes for Kindergarten. I remember they were white and blue leather hush puppies with unbelievably white laces. I loved them. After purchasing the shoes and guiding my siblings and I into our blue Chevy [...]

Links We Like: On Hope

Today, our links are on the theme of hope. We hope you can feel a sense of hope as you embark on a new year. Video including wise and loving words from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: Video en Español: The original talk can be found here. See more resources on Finding Hope — the site [...]

Family Friday: Making Family Scripture Study Fun

~by Michelle One of the things I love about being a mom is teaching my children from and about the scriptures. We have done some sort of daily scripture study as a family for years now. Of course, there have been frustrations and times when it felt like it wasn’t working. But it has been [...]

First Person: My Testimony of My Heavenly Father

~By Catania I have a testimony that I am a daughter of God – that God is my Heavenly Father. I know that Heavenly Father is distinctly aware of me. I know that He loves me. I know that he cares for me. This knowledge has always been with me – at one level or [...]

Portraits of Mormon Women: Eva

(The first part of this post is in Czech. Please scroll down for the English translation) Jmenuji se Eva Ivanová, je mi 58 let a bydlím ve městě kde se narodit president Uchdorf. Je to Ostrava v České republice. Církev Ježíše Krista Svatých posledních dnů jsem poznala ve svých téměř 52 letech, v lednu 2003, když jsem v tramvaji cestou [...]

First Person: Singing Eve’s Song

~by Janelle The past month has been tough for my family. My husband made an extremely costly error at work. My chronic illness left me immobile for several days. My children have had behavior and potty training issues. My husband’s employee fell ill and very nearly died. With the loss of those extra hands on [...]

Ask a Mormon Woman: Why do Mormons go to church for three hours?

~by Julie** When my friends find out that we go to church every week for three hours at a time, I get lots of big eyes and replies like “You’re crazy! Why would you do that?!” I’ll be the first one to admit that some weeks, three hours does feel quite long.  Thankfully the three [...]

We Believe: In the Power of Questions

-by Kathryn Elder Henry B. Eyring challenged us in October 2007 General Conference to ask these questions daily: Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch me (or my family and friends) today? Did God send a message that was just for me? What can I do to preserve that memory for [...]