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a little black e-book for Mormons

07.22.2010 · Posted in Mission Field

Ever wanted to meet a Jew turned Mormon?  How about a female, in her mid-20s, living in South America, who is a former Buddhist?  I haven’t, really, but a new feature on Mormon.org allows you to search for them: Meet Mormons.  (FYI, lots of former Jews, no former Buddhists meeting my target criteria).  Strangely, there’s ...

How bad must things be in the US?

07.21.2010 · Posted in Mission, Mission Field

Did anyone else catch the latest change to proselytizing in the US?  Mormon missionaries are now surfing the web looking for people.  Baptism numbers must be way down if the LDS Church is allowing missionaries to spend time online searching for converts (of course, with a companion looking over their should the whole time).  According ...

Just how religious is Utah?

01.06.2010 · Posted in Mission Field, NOM, Utah

I recently came across this study released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in December. The analysis is based off of a 2007 religious landscape survey. On the link there is an interactive graph of the various states and their responses to the questions. Utah comes in at 12th in the rank ...

God and Being Gay

09.08.2009 · Posted in Homosexuality, Mission, Mission Field, Prayer

Cross-posted over at Virginia Beach Progressives and Our Own Online. This is somewhat a lengthy post on how my sexuality affected my faith in God. It’s also a brief account of my entering into and coming out of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From July 2004 to June 2006, I served as ...

And now for some real family history!

05.14.2009 · Posted in Genealogy, LDS History, Mission Field

That’s right, you no longer have to settle for silly second and third-hand stories about the Aurora Branch. Now it’s time to hear about it from the horse’s mouth! What do you remember about those days? Climbing the stairs to the second floor of the Odd Fellows Hall where the branch met for about 20 ...