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Faithful LDS members attend fireside on same-sex attraction
Members of North Star International addressed an audience of young LDS men and women Saturday about hope and healing for Mormons who experience same-sex attraction. The fireside comes on the heels of two major Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage, stimulating widespread curiosity about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ official stance on homosexuality. The LDS Church heavily promoted Proposition 8, a legal measure defining marriage as between a man and a woman, in California in 2008.
Balancing faith and mental health
A young mother struggling with bulimia was asked one day by her therapist if she ever prayed. “She lived on a small farm, had a simple life and she was a wonderful mother,” said Michael Berrett, a psychologist who specializes in eating disorders. “But she hated herself with a passion. She was throwing up five times a day.”
Divorced at 21: Facing Trials with Faith
My name is Kenna Christensen, and at the age of 21 I was divorced. Growing up I witnessed lasting marriages in my life. I was raised being told marriages meant forever. I went into marriage believing that no matter how hard it got, love in a marriage always persevered. My short-lived marriage was no walk in the park. We were poor. We were learning to somehow morph two-former lives into one – values, beliefs, habits, bank accounts, you name it. I now had a permanent roommate, which took some getting used to, but despite all of that – there was not a thing in the world I wanted more than a successful, happy and lasting marriage, and there was absolutely nothing I wouldn’t have done to earn that.
Latter-day Saint Life
10 Scientific Tips for Finding Optimism in the Gospel
How strong is your hope for the future? Are you optimistic?
Pennsylvania Mormon Moment: Defending the faith
When you grow up Mormon, you get used to keeping the Sabbath, dressing conservatively, spending time with your family, and disabusing non-Mormons of the notions they hold about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "The biggest thing that I try to explain is that we're very normal," said Amber Campbell, who resides with her husband, Alan, another lifelong Mormon, and their two young sons, in West Hempfield Township. "We live very normal lives."
Colorado Mormons join other faiths in response to Black Forrest Fire
Nearly 260 members of the Colorado Springs Colorado North Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were just beginning the first day of Cub Scout day camp in the Black Forest area when someone noticed smoke billowing over the trees. “As a matter of preparedness, we always keep an eye out for signs of fire,” said President Kevin C. Woodward, stake president. “It’s the natural disaster for which we have planned and prepared our response.”
Latter-day Saint Life
Baltimore Stake President Invites Members, Other Faiths to Fast for 'Peace in Our City'
Recent riots in Baltimore have left members of the community reeling. In response to the riots, the Baltimore Stake is calling on its members and interested neighbors to fast this Sunday, May 3rd, for "peace in our city."
Defending the Faith: Moral law is no product of evolution
In one of his dialogues, the Greek philosopher Plato cites his beloved teacher, Socrates, as saying that "philosophy begins in wonder." Plato's student Aristotle expresses a similar sentiment in his "Metaphysics": "It was their wonder, astonishment, that first led men to philosophize and still leads them."
The surprising faith of 8 American presidents
Presidential religious lives are, for the most part, rather unremarkable--just like the majority of Americans they represent. As the 2012 presidential race, and especially the Republican nomination, dominate the news, the religion of the sometimes-frontrunner Mitt Romney continues to be an issue for many Republican voters. Americans have a hard time imagining a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Mormon, as President. Yet Mormonism is, perhaps, the most American of all religions, founded by an American citizen and based on a sacred text that tells the story of God's work in the Americas. As many question Romney's religious heritage, it would be enlightening to look at eight presidents whose religious lives have troubled and fascinated Americans, or whose faiths may surprise us even today.
Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith
Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony. In 1843, an Army officer named John C. Fremont led a geographical expedition of 39 men more than 1,700 miles to the shores of the Great Salt Lake. His report on the journey inspired hounded Mormons to mount their wagons and resettle in the Great Basin. Thirteen years later in Philadelphia, Fremont became the first presidential nominee of the Republican Party, which adopted a platform opposing the “twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy, and Slavery.”