Tag Archives: Faith
3 o'clock came quickly and after a morning at the market I made my way back to my apartment where the Bishop's wife would pick me up and take me to safety. Still fearful of my agency tracking me down and uncertain of their intentions, I carefully gathered my things from the building rooftop whe ...
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Conversion, especially in religion is considered an adoption of new beliefs and opinions. In my family's conversion to the Mormon faith, it was more of an extension of our already treasured beliefs in Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost--much akin to a flower opening into full bloo ...
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It was anything but "love at first sight" for me and Andy. My first day at my new job was his last. He had quit his job to to seek his “dot com fortune.” I was introduced to him briefly, but never thought about him again. A group of co-workers went out to dinner about a month later an ...
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One summer a couple of years ago I worked at an overnight camp. Throughout the week, I bumped into and shared things with dozens people so there were plenty of opportunities to come into contact with unwanted bacteria. One day I noticed a small bump on my thigh. By the end of the week, the bu ...
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SFS: What are your favorite scriptures and how have they inspired you? “My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; and then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high.” ~D&C 121:7-8 “For behold I have refined ...
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I would like to tell you my conversion story, not because of its importance, but because of the miraculous change that it made in my life. Even though I was 57 years old, it taught me that it is never too late for Heavenly Father to turn your life around. He has given me back everything I mis ...
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Part 2 of 2 My humble prayers were answered as I spoke with a friend of church. As I described my son’s struggles and his odd behaviors, she asked me if I had taken him in to be tested for Asperger’s syndrome. I didn’t know what Asperger's was, so I asked her to elaborate. She explained ...
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