So, the passing of Amendments to State Constitutions by a majority of voters through a democratic process was not enough. The gays are blaming the LDS Church that we are taking away their marriage rights. They are protesting in the streets, rioting around temples, destroying and defacing Church property. Utah faces boycott after Mormon work [...]
This election there were propositions in three states to amend the state constitutions that a marriage should be defined as solely between a man and a woman and that no other marriages would be recognized. All three states passed the amendments: 52% for Proposition 8 in California, 56% for Proposition 102 in Arizona, and 62% [...]
After a wonderful regional conference, much thought and reflection engrossed my mind through out the day. I decided not to do any work today (it’s nice when you’re self-employed), and instead used my time more effectively at home, thinking about the talk from President Packer from yesterday, and then reviewing his talk from General Conference, [...]
The following should in no way be considered doctrine, but is my own personal experience and notes from the meeting. What is in quotations is verbatim what the speaker(s) said. This Sunday the stakes of Arizona have been blessed to have a regional conference with Bruce C. Hafen of the Seventy, Sister Margaret Lifferth in [...]
In the Saturday morning session of the 178th SemiAnnual General Conference, President Thomas S. Monson announced the building of 5 more temples in the coming months and years: 1. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2. Cordoba, Argentina 3. “the greater Kansas City area” 4. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5. Rome, Italy After announcing those 5 places, there was a [...]
A new website launched this week, MormonConferences.org, keeps track of all the major public events in Mormon Studies and lists them all on one calendar. What a great place to go for those looking for events. This is the one stop shop to be informed of many societies, associations, academic conferences, and more. Some examples [...]





