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I suspect God is nothing like we imagine. And if God should present himself to us in a vision, he'll doubtless appear in a familiar format to avoid terrifying us. A god who cries is probably not dissimilar to a bedtime story in which a princess kisses the frog, which then turns into prince. And the...

part of the peace that they felt also came with a sense that everything happens for a reason and that He is in control of everything. Yeah, I'm happy for people that find comfort in that. I like to picture God embracing me and we cry together. I cry because some of life experiences were very deserv...

*spoiler-ish warning* A couple points of struggle for some characters closest to Jesus in the show is 'why is Jesus performing miracles for others but not me?' The answer that they end up getting from Jesus boils down to 'Do you have enough faith in me to trust that me not removing your difficulty/...

*spoiler-ish warning* A couple points of struggle for some characters closest to Jesus in the show is 'why is Jesus performing miracles for others but not me?' The answer that they end up getting from Jesus boils down to 'Do you have enough faith in me to trust that me not removing your difficulty/...

Do you have kids, Roy? If so, how old? I have experienced fundamental shifts in immediate and extended family relationships over the years — altering my perceptions on "the family" and the significance of it. When my children were young, the dynamics were critically different from when on...

The church is not in the business of teaching people how to accommodate others - though they do a decent surface job of it. The church is interested in gathering like-minded individuals together to form a unique (but standardized) community that funds the church organization through time/talents/en...

I do hope that Elder Oaks would answer the questions differently today if these same questions were asked of him. I also wonder if Elder Oaks was answering fully truthfully on what he would do as a parent or if he is too fixed preaching and defending the party line to be able to transition to anothe...

My faith: Love wins! I believe that what we say and do matters. Compassion matters and kindness matters. I like the image of a Father God that takes compassion on us, knows us, accepts us, and loves us completely. I feel that I have received what I call personal revelation that these things are true...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS: Let’s fast-forward again. My son has now stopped coming to church altogether. There seems no prospect of him returning. Now he tells me he’s planning on going to Canada where same-gender marriage is allowed. He insists that he agrees that loving marriage relationships are important....

PUBLIC AFFAIRS: At what point does showing that love cross the line into inadvertently endorsing behavior? If the son says, ‘Well, if you love me, can I bring my partner to our home to visit? Can we come for holidays?’ How do you balance that against, for example, concern for other children in the ...