by Lisa M. | Apr 2, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, How Beliefs Shape Mormon Culture |
Once the ballots are counted and in, the spotlight turns off and the players leave the political stage, the audience goes home. We tend to remember the winner and the loser fades back into the fabric of society, not leaving much of a mark. But Mitt Romney is...
by Lisa M. | Feb 12, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, One Mormon's Opinion |
Two years ago, near the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade—the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion—I was checking into the hospital to undergo a procedure commonly performed to end the life of a fetus. But I wasn’t ending my child’s life, he had...
by Lisa M. | Feb 6, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Scriptures |
Sometimes the cultural and political climate in which we live reminds me an awful lot of scriptural times—when many people wondered why God and His servants were trying to tell them what to do. Noah in the Bible faced these circumstances, as did prophets in the Book...
by Lisa M. | Feb 1, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, One Mormon's Opinion |
The court battles around same-sex marriage are plastered all over the news. The prevailing attitude of the world seems to be “just get with the times and accept same-sex marriage.” When churches remain steadfast in their defense of traditional marriage, they are...
by Lisa M. | Jan 17, 2014 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, One Mormon's Opinion |
The battle between good and evil makes a great movie plot. And J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” series of movies puts this plot line to great use—with epic quests and great battles. But sometimes the greatest cinematic battles are the internal...
