We wonder what we can share online, and how effective our voices will be in reaching others who may want to know more about what Mormons believe and how they live their lives. It’s surprising how much of a difference we can make by simply inviting people to take a look over our shoulders as [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2008 by Karen Merkley
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I was 15-years-old and walking down the halls of my high school in a tiny Colorado town. Other than my family, and two others, we were the only Mormons in town. It was the 70′s, Donny and Marie ruled the airwaves, the hippy movement was in full force and life was a little odd. The [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Candace Salima
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Joseph Smith, Jr. said: “A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i.e.) those things that [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Candace Salima
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All of us recall President Benson’s challenge to flood the earth with the Book of Mormon. I remember living in Florida and buying a couple of cases of softbacks. I wondered where the Lord wanted them to go. One day, as I was driving on the freeway with my EZ-Pass, a thought arose: “Take your [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Candace Salima
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I have often wondered if the anxiety many of us feel about sharing the gospel stems from a tendency to rely more on ourselves than on the Lord. When we realize that it is His work and that He is willing to lead us in it, we can be prompted to talk to those who [...]
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by Candace Salima
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