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Young Women: “Anchors of Testimony”

In “Anchors of Testimony,” Sister Mary N Cook speaks to the young women of the church. She opens the talk by describing water lilies. She explains that they grow in stagnant ponds and that they have stalks to root them firmly in place. This anchors them during the torrential storms that come their way. She compared the girls to the lilies with their anchors being their testimonies. Sister Cook then challenges the girls to pray that their testimonies may be strengthened. She urges this especially if they are having a difficult time understanding or living a principle of the gospel. … Continue reading →

It’s Not Conformity, It’s Called Obedience

I often hear statements that lead me to feel that the speaker doesn’t fully understand the importance of obedience. They talk about how they hate the idea of conformity, that we all have to be exactly the same way, and how they dislike the way the Church seems to want to churn out cookie-cutter people with no personalities of their own. Most often, I hear people state that they are living the commandments the way they most feel comfortable with living them, and that they don’t necessarily ascribe to the idea that we have to live up to a “standard,” … Continue reading →

LDS Week in Review – May 5th – 10th

Life just keeps getting busier! If you weren’t able to join us throughout the week, here’s a recap so you can keep up-to-date on all the great blogs here in LDS. We started the week with “Gospel Questions: What About Those Latte-Drinking Mormons?” A non-member friend of Tristi’s asked her why Mormons can’t drink coffee, and yet, some of them do. We learn about the Word of Wisdom and also a little bit about hypocrisy. We got caught up to speed with our lessons in this week’s “Dinner Discussions,” and then Tristi answered another question from her non-member friend in, … Continue reading →