An Afternoon at the Temple
~by Cheryl Grateful for the reprieve, I drive carefully; no radio. The thermostat in the van reads 48 degrees outside. Warm! I wonder if it will snow before Christmas. I feel the temple before I see it, dozens of people coming and going. Because of the timing of day, I find a parking space easily. I slip out of the car, leaving my cell phone behind. I walk up the sidewalk and notice, with grateful alarm, the large life-size statues of the Nativity. I make a mental note to stop on the way...
Read MoreAsk a Mormon Woman: Why Do Mormons Wear Special Underwear?
~by Janelle** Q: Why do Mormons wear special underwear (called temple garments)? A: To Remember. Have you ever put a penny in your shoe to help you remember something? I have. Unlike a ribbon around my finger, where everyone asked me what I was trying to remember, the penny served to remind me, and only me, of something important. Every once in a while during the day the penny would shift to someplace in my shoe where I would feel it and remember the task that needed completing. My pennies...
Read MoreA Mormon Woman's Experience with the Rome Temple Groundbreaking
~ By Sarah I grew up home educated in California and then got my degree in Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University (BYU), where I also studied Arabic, Latin and philosophy. I went on an 18-month mission for my church to Santiago, Chile, where I learned Spanish. Tony and I were married in 2003. Axa Elisabeth joined our family in 2005, and Raj Dominique came along in 2007. We’re chronically peripatetic. Mostly, we like it. Sometimes it gets a little out of hand, like the time we...
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