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Is There a Mormon Burnout Epidemic? An LDS Doctor and Therapist Answers
Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW
- An LDS Living article, “ What to Do When You're Overwhelmed at Church ,” ended with a simple survey. It asked one question: Have you ever experienced spiritual fatigue or burnout? Nearly 4,000 people took the online survey, and a whopping 95 percent said that they had experienced burnout. Ninety-five percent! Houston, we have a problem. But why is it so easy for Latter-day Saints to get to the point of burnout when it comes to their faith? A lot is expected of us—donating one-tenth of our income, hours of service in our callings, the expectation to “multiply and replenish the...
How to Conquer Your "Favorite Sins" For Good
Robert Reynolds
- We each have our own “favorite sins” that, for some reason, we can’t seem to shake. So when we lose hope and feel like change is impossible, how do we conquer the weaknesses that hold us back? While I was serving as a missionary in South Carolina, a member shared a secret he had learned after serving 14 years as a bishop: “We all narrow our sins down to the few we enjoy.” This bothered me. Did believing Latter-day Saints truly enjoy certain sins and deliberately repeat them regardless of their consequences? I thought “wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10)? Yet,...
Three Degrees of Donny Osmond
LDS Living Staff
- Mormondom can be pretty small, but just how small is it? How many degrees does it take to connect yourself with beloved LDS celebrity Donny Osmond? This game might sound familiar to some. Does Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ring a bell? For those of you who aren't familiar with it, in 1994 actor Kevin Bacon gave an interview in which he said he had worked with everyone in Hollywood or someone who's worked with them. Soon afterward, the game of connecting various people to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible became something of a cultural phenomenon. Bacon even...
Poll on Formality at Church: Should Church Members Always Call Each Other Brother and Sister?
Jamie Armstrong
- Some Church members are sticklers when it comes to addressing people as "Brother" or "Sister." Others prefer a more casual approach and even like it when the youth call them by their first names. So, where do you fit on the formality scale? Gone are the days of referring to the prophet of the Church by his first name, such as “Brother Joseph” or “Brother Brigham.” And though today’s standard of addressing one another in Church settings is Brother or Sister (Insert Last Name Here), a lot of members I know actually prefer to be called by their first names. I...
How the Death of Her Daughter Led One LDS Woman to Help Thousands of Leprosy Victims in India
Jamie Armstrong
- A family tragedy would lead this LDS housewife down an unexpected path—one that would bring hope and healing to thousands of people half a world away. For years, Becky Douglas’s life was a whirlwind of motherly activities: endless carpooling and school activities, sporting events and dance recitals, music concerts and church responsibilities. Then, 18 years ago, her life changed forever. Her oldest daughter, Amber, had been struggling for years with severe bipolar disorder. In 2000, Amber lost her battle with the disease and took her own life while away at college. As a grieving Douglas sorted through her daughter's belongings, she...
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14 LDS Church Puns So Bad They're Actually Hilarious
Kelsey Berteaux
- From Knee-fights to lemonites and everywhere in between, these LDS Church puns are so bad-—you might just call them puns of perdition-—that you'll find yourself chuckling at how hilariously awful they are. 1. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An in-vest-igator! 2. From Mormon Link 3. King Lamoni thought Ammon was a rather disarming fellow. 4. Josh Mayberry, Mormon Memes 5. It's no wonder none of the 2,000 stripling warriors weren't hurt; they had Heal -a-man as their leader. 6. From Mormon Memes 7. What is a vampire's least favorite church meeting? Stake conference. 8. 9. Other Fun...
Is Cain Bigfoot? The Truth Behind 5 Mormon Folklore Stories
Kate Ensign-Lewis
- I can remember when I heard my very first Mormon myth. I was 8 years old, and one of my older sisters came to me and said, “Guess what? Steve Martin is a Mormon!" She had heard from our cousins in Las Vegas about how he had gone on David Letterman and when asked about Mormonism, replied, “That’s a very private part of my life right now.” It seemed legit enough to me. I started telling everyone in my small sphere—which was basically my friends and my Valiant class—that the Father of the Bride star was LDS. I don’t remember when...
Mortars and Miracles: Faith-Filled Stories of Mormons in the Military
LDS Living Staff
- Shortly after arriving in Vietnam as an Air Force pilot, Larry Chesley looked around at the other airmen in his unit, his eyes stopping on a young man. “And the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’ And I dismissed it and I looked around the room and my eyes stopped on another man, and the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’ "And then the Spirit said, ‘And neither are you.’” On their very first mission over North Vietnam, in December 1965, that first man was shot down. In March, the second man was shot down. And on April 16, 1966, Chesley...
When an Angel Helped Parley P. Pratt Escape from Jail on the Fourth of July
LDS Living Staff
- An article published in the LDS newspaper the Times and Seasons on January 15, 1844, details the life of Nathan Pratt, a son of Parley P. Pratt who passed away at the age of 5. In his short life, Nathan Pratt experienced upheaval, persecution, poverty, and even spent time in jail with his father before becoming a refugee. However, the Times and Seasons article also expresses an incredible miracle Parley P. Pratt and his family experienced on July 4. Here is an excerpt from that article: [Nathan Pratt] was born in Caldwell Co., Missouri, A.D. 1838. The honoured place of his birth,...
When President Snow Called a Girl Back from the Dead: An Incredible Account of the Spirit World
LDS Living Staff
- As Latter-day Saints, we have access to so many inspiring and comforting accounts of what awaits us after death. Not only have Church leaders given detailed accounts of what that next life will bring, but we have the Plan of Salvation that shows the overarching purpose to it all. And sprinkled among our Church doctrine are many personal accounts of people who have actually seen and experienced that other world. One such account comes from a young girl, Ella Jensen, who was called back from the dead by President Lorenzo Snow. In The Holy Temple , President Packer explains this incredible event:...
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Is There a Mormon Burnout Epidemic? An LDS Doctor and Therapist Answers
Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW
- An LDS Living article, “ What to Do When You're Overwhelmed at Church ,” ended with a simple survey. It asked one question: Have you ever experienced spiritual fatigue or burnout? Nearly 4,000 people took the online survey, and a whopping 95 percent said that they had experienced burnout. Ninety-five percent! Houston, we have a problem. But why is it so easy for Latter-day Saints to get to the point of burnout when it comes to their faith? A lot is expected of us—donating one-tenth of our income, hours of service in our callings, the expectation to “multiply and replenish the...
How to Conquer Your "Favorite Sins" For Good
Robert Reynolds
- We each have our own “favorite sins” that, for some reason, we can’t seem to shake. So when we lose hope and feel like change is impossible, how do we conquer the weaknesses that hold us back? While I was serving as a missionary in South Carolina, a member shared a secret he had learned after serving 14 years as a bishop: “We all narrow our sins down to the few we enjoy.” This bothered me. Did believing Latter-day Saints truly enjoy certain sins and deliberately repeat them regardless of their consequences? I thought “wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10)? Yet,...
Three Degrees of Donny Osmond
LDS Living Staff
- Mormondom can be pretty small, but just how small is it? How many degrees does it take to connect yourself with beloved LDS celebrity Donny Osmond? This game might sound familiar to some. Does Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon ring a bell? For those of you who aren't familiar with it, in 1994 actor Kevin Bacon gave an interview in which he said he had worked with everyone in Hollywood or someone who's worked with them. Soon afterward, the game of connecting various people to Kevin Bacon in as few links as possible became something of a cultural phenomenon. Bacon even...
Poll on Formality at Church: Should Church Members Always Call Each Other Brother and Sister?
Jamie Armstrong
- Some Church members are sticklers when it comes to addressing people as "Brother" or "Sister." Others prefer a more casual approach and even like it when the youth call them by their first names. So, where do you fit on the formality scale? Gone are the days of referring to the prophet of the Church by his first name, such as “Brother Joseph” or “Brother Brigham.” And though today’s standard of addressing one another in Church settings is Brother or Sister (Insert Last Name Here), a lot of members I know actually prefer to be called by their first names. I...
How the Death of Her Daughter Led One LDS Woman to Help Thousands of Leprosy Victims in India
Jamie Armstrong
- A family tragedy would lead this LDS housewife down an unexpected path—one that would bring hope and healing to thousands of people half a world away. For years, Becky Douglas’s life was a whirlwind of motherly activities: endless carpooling and school activities, sporting events and dance recitals, music concerts and church responsibilities. Then, 18 years ago, her life changed forever. Her oldest daughter, Amber, had been struggling for years with severe bipolar disorder. In 2000, Amber lost her battle with the disease and took her own life while away at college. As a grieving Douglas sorted through her daughter's belongings, she...
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Mormon Report
14 LDS Church Puns So Bad They're Actually Hilarious
Kelsey Berteaux
- From Knee-fights to lemonites and everywhere in between, these LDS Church puns are so bad-—you might just call them puns of perdition-—that you'll find yourself chuckling at how hilariously awful they are. 1. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An in-vest-igator! 2. From Mormon Link 3. King Lamoni thought Ammon was a rather disarming fellow. 4. Josh Mayberry, Mormon Memes 5. It's no wonder none of the 2,000 stripling warriors weren't hurt; they had Heal -a-man as their leader. 6. From Mormon Memes 7. What is a vampire's least favorite church meeting? Stake conference. 8. 9. Other Fun...
Is Cain Bigfoot? The Truth Behind 5 Mormon Folklore Stories
Kate Ensign-Lewis
- I can remember when I heard my very first Mormon myth. I was 8 years old, and one of my older sisters came to me and said, “Guess what? Steve Martin is a Mormon!" She had heard from our cousins in Las Vegas about how he had gone on David Letterman and when asked about Mormonism, replied, “That’s a very private part of my life right now.” It seemed legit enough to me. I started telling everyone in my small sphere—which was basically my friends and my Valiant class—that the Father of the Bride star was LDS. I don’t remember when...
Mortars and Miracles: Faith-Filled Stories of Mormons in the Military
LDS Living Staff
- Shortly after arriving in Vietnam as an Air Force pilot, Larry Chesley looked around at the other airmen in his unit, his eyes stopping on a young man. “And the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’ And I dismissed it and I looked around the room and my eyes stopped on another man, and the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’ "And then the Spirit said, ‘And neither are you.’” On their very first mission over North Vietnam, in December 1965, that first man was shot down. In March, the second man was shot down. And on April 16, 1966, Chesley...
When an Angel Helped Parley P. Pratt Escape from Jail on the Fourth of July
LDS Living Staff
- An article published in the LDS newspaper the Times and Seasons on January 15, 1844, details the life of Nathan Pratt, a son of Parley P. Pratt who passed away at the age of 5. In his short life, Nathan Pratt experienced upheaval, persecution, poverty, and even spent time in jail with his father before becoming a refugee. However, the Times and Seasons article also expresses an incredible miracle Parley P. Pratt and his family experienced on July 4. Here is an excerpt from that article: [Nathan Pratt] was born in Caldwell Co., Missouri, A.D. 1838. The honoured place of his birth,...
When President Snow Called a Girl Back from the Dead: An Incredible Account of the Spirit World
LDS Living Staff
- As Latter-day Saints, we have access to so many inspiring and comforting accounts of what awaits us after death. Not only have Church leaders given detailed accounts of what that next life will bring, but we have the Plan of Salvation that shows the overarching purpose to it all. And sprinkled among our Church doctrine are many personal accounts of people who have actually seen and experienced that other world. One such account comes from a young girl, Ella Jensen, who was called back from the dead by President Lorenzo Snow. In The Holy Temple , President Packer explains this incredible event:...
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