Posted on September 5th, 2008 by mormonwomen
Briana shares the following poem with us, and also shares some of what she has learned about trials and about the Lord’s love.
Background on the poem:
My life has been full of doctor visits and health issues. I have had five open heart surgeries in the nineteen years that I’ve been alive. Just recently I [...]
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Filed under: Poetry
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by mormonwomen
This poem was submitted by Cheryl. She writes the following about her poem:
With “Second Estate,” I was thinking about the time I had given birth to my children. The knowledge of who we are and where we came from and why we are here seems never more powerful than when witnessing the birth of a [...]
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Filed under: Poetry
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by mormonwomen
I’ve been going through a challenging time in my life the past few months — not all bad, but challenging all the same. I’ve felt stretched and pushed to grow and to seek the Lord in new ways, to learn to lean on His atonement more than I ever have. I obviously have much still [...]
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Filed under: Our Thoughts, Words that Inspire Us
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by mormonwomen
A woman by the name of Charity Angel wrote a song, which she sings in a video she created to express her faith and feelings about the gospel. You can watch it here or simply click on the ‘play’ button below.
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Do you have a video you have made or have seen that you would like [...]
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Filed under: Music, Video, Multimedia, and Visual Arts
Posted on June 12th, 2008 by mormonwomen
I know this is the true Church of our Savior Jesus Christ and that we are led by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson.
My story:
My life challenges started at a very early age. I was eight years old when I was first molested. He was a friend of the family and I had a child’s [...]
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Filed under: Conversion Stories, First Person Essays
Posted on June 7th, 2008 by mormonwomen
It seems to me that in the times of my greatest need or frustration I feel like the words I pray to my Heavenly Father are falling from my lips and onto the floor. I know in my heart that I am not really alone during the winter seasons in my life, but it can [...]
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Filed under: First Person Essays, Music Links
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by mormonwomen
I’m not sure what I was afraid of, but I know that the fear was deep, animal, and visceral. Even my husband shared it. For all that he loves to jump out of airplanes for fun, that 28-foot ladder up against the side of the house bested him as well as it did me. The [...]
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Filed under: First Person
Posted on May 1st, 2008 by mormonwomen
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Filed under: Our Thoughts
Posted on April 10th, 2008 by mormonwomen
See here for a beautiful slideshow presentation of a photography exhibit that has been on display at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitor’s Center. The slideshow is put to a unique rendition of “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.”
(Don’t miss behind-the-scenes videos about the making of this exhibit, available here (simple sign-in is required)).
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Filed under: Exhibits, Music, Video and Multimedia
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by mormonwomen
Through sculpture, Angela Johnson shares her testimony and faith in the Savior, Jesus Christ. Thirteen of her beautiful and moving pieces are currently on display at the Visitor’s Center at the St. George Utah temple. Sister Johnson says, “No aspect of my life is more precious to me than the gospel of Christ. It is [...]
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Filed under: Exhibits, Video, Multimedia, and Visual Arts