by Lisa M. | Feb 25, 2019 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormon Thoughts |
This year’s theme for our little town’s Winter Carnival was “Heroes, Myths and Legends.” One of the sculptures is of the wizard Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” series. He is a hero, helping other characters to reach deeper inside themselves and do more than they...
by Lisa M. | Dec 23, 2018 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormon Thoughts |
Just days before Christmas, I read a short news story about a child in our small town who was hit and killed in a terrible auto-pedestrian accident. According to the report, it was a horrible instance of tragic timing, that happened so fast the driver did not have...
by Lisa M. | Dec 12, 2018 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, How Beliefs Shape Mormon Culture |
Christmas is my favorite season. I love the crispness in the air and the white snow. But above all, I love the feeling of magic that hangs in the air this time of year. Elder L. Whitney Clayton said, Christmas has a divine ability to bring us together as families,...
by Lisa M. | Nov 22, 2018 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormon Thoughts |
The past couple of years have been rough for our family. With job changes, an injured kid and several time-consuming volunteer positions added to the pressures of everyday life, it’s been a lot for our family. And then at the end of October, the baking element in our...
by Lisa M. | Nov 13, 2018 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormons and Religious Liberty |
November begins in the same way every two years—with a fight at the polls. Republicans vs. Democrats. Independents vs. Libertarians. It’s a battle mentality that seems to take over at election time. But then, within a week a two of exercising our right to vote, we...
by Lisa M. | Oct 1, 2018 | AAAA Mormon Beliefs Website, Mormon Thoughts |
“What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” Juliet Capulet famously asked in William Shakespeare’s play. Many nowadays are probably wondering the same thing about the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its other...
