Reasonably Believing: believing in a secular world 
Peter steps out of the boat, walks on water, and sinks. The classic lesson says: make sure your faith is stronger. But what if that's not the point of the story at all? Christ knew beforehand that Peter would sink — and immediately extended His hand. No reproach, no delay. That changes everything about how we look at this story, and how we look at ourselves in a time...
The Atonement of Christ is the greatest miracle in history — greater than Christmas, deeper than we often realize. We celebrate Easter as if it were a side issue, while it is the feast that changes everything. What happened on Golgotha was out of pure love, and that love still applies today — for you.
Beyond the commercial aspects lies the deeper meaning of Easter and Holy Week. The emphasis is on Jesus' suffering and sacrifice (the Atonement) as an act of love that makes forgiveness possible for our human shortcomings. However, the core of Easter is the resurrection: the victory over death that offers fundamental hope, renewal, and the promise of eternal life. Everyone, regardless...
A lift can take us to great heights. There is only one who can take us all the way to the top: Christ.
Scripture study can be discouraging if you don't dig deep enough, as when reading Alma in the Book of Mormon. Alma emphasizes repentance, baptism, and perseverance, but what if you stumble after your conversion? Fortunately, the correct interpretation offers hope. Replace 'has converted' with 'has begun his ongoing conversion' and discover how conversion and perseverance are one process, full of patience and...
The first weekend of April is always marked in every Mormon agenda. Then we hold our general conference. Two days with a total of 5 sessions of 2 hours where we can watch and listen to talks from our prophet, apostles and general authorities. It is one of the pillars of our church that we are not a 'stand still' church, but that our prophet and apostles us...
Reasonably Believing: believing in a secular world 