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Hosanna Moments

by Women Seeking Christ | Sep 26, 2012 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live | 2 |

Last week, as we were preparing for the Brigham City temple dedication (the first time all of our children would be able to attend), we talked about the word “Hosanna” and its significance in the process of a temple...

A Portrait at Half-Life

by Women Seeking Christ | Aug 26, 2012 | The Plan of Salvation, What We Believe | 5 |

Many thanks to Juliana for this beautiful post. You can read more from at her blog, Skipping Past Cornfields, and in another recently-published essay entitled “Loving Away the Fear.” I have decided that I love middle...

Mormon belief in life after death / heaven in 3 levels

by Women Seeking Christ | Jul 8, 2012 | What We Believe | 0 |

A small snippet of an ABC 20/20 show recently touched on some of the beliefs of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about heaven, but may have left people with more questions about Mormon beliefs about...

Mormon beliefs about death and dying

by Women Seeking Christ | Jun 27, 2012 | Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 1 |

Death and Dying – by Rachael C. McKinnon Editor’s note: We’re grateful to Rachael Carver McKinnon for today’s guest post. Rachael holds a BA in Humanities and an MBA from Brigham Young University. She...

Jesus is Risen! Easter and Hope

by Women Seeking Christ | Apr 8, 2012 | Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 0 |

The message of Easter is one of hope. No matter what our pain, no matter what our burdens, no matter what we have faced or will yet face, because of Jesus Christ, we can have hope! Because Jesus Christ died and was resurrected,...

Mormon Women: At the crossroads of life through visiting teaching

by Women Seeking Christ | Sep 4, 2011 | How We Live | 10 |

~by Michelle The shock was evident — both on her face, and in her voice — as she hung up the phone. “Sister F. just died,” my friend said. My friend was Sister F.’s visiting teacher, and the...

Forward with Faith: “Hard Times Don’t Last Forever”

by Women Seeking Christ | Mar 28, 2011 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live | 5 |

~by Michelle You know how sometimes you read a comment that leads you to a blog that leads to another blog? That’s what happened to me last night, and I found this post: Hard Times Don’t Last Forever I only had a few...

“[God] Will Give You Help” — Finding God in Times of Trial

by Women Seeking Christ | Mar 21, 2011 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, The Plan of Salvation, What We Believe | 1 |

Chris Yokoyama [known by his friends as “Beans”] was with two of his friends when their car crashed and Chris died. Darren Haslam, 18, was driving the car and escaped mostly unharmed. The other passenger, Christopher...

Poem: “The Sun Will Rise”

by Women Seeking Christ | Mar 1, 2011 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, Latter-day Saints Believe in Jesus Christ, What We Believe | 0 |

Thanks to Erika for sharing this poem (you can find it also on her blog, Musings of a Mother in Zion — the painting you see on her blog is one she created around the same time.) She writes this about what motivated her to...

Forward with Faith: Forgiveness Invites Christ’s Healing Power

by Women Seeking Christ | Feb 7, 2011 | Facing Trials with Faith, How We Live, What We Believe | 0 |

This is a powerful video about Chris Williams who lost his wife, an unborn child, an 11-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter in a car accident. They were killed by a drunk driver. Chris talks about the power of prayer, of...

Joy in the Midst of Sadness

by Women Seeking Christ | Oct 14, 2010 | How We Live | 2 |

~by René 2 Nephi 2:25: ” Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.” What is joy? Can you be sad and have joy? Yes! Three years ago my daughter lost her husband in a car wreck. She was five...

“Lead Me, Guide Me, Walk Beside Me”

by Brenda | Sep 15, 2010 | Who We Are | 9 |

I had a friend named Sally. Just knowing Sally was around made me feel safe. She was a hugger, a smiler and she liked to call everyone “Dearie.” I have known Sally since I was three years old. Sally and her husband...