Early this morning, President Trump stood before the American people on the verge of another astounding upset and accused his opponents of fraud. When will the mounting levels of mutual suspicion and accusation take us past our breaking point as a country?
The battle with sin is our shared inheritance. Nobody is immune to a fall from grace. We must pray that our Father “suffer us not to be led into temptation” and then live to make that a reality.
Two years since President Nelson requested discontinuation of the term “Mormon” to describe the Church, some journalists still opt to use it. Why?
Can a country founded on the idea that all of us are created equal accept Jesus’s admonition to see contention as the devilish delusion that it is?
In response to those sensitive souls asking, “Why am I not there yet as a person?” or “Why are we not there yet as a society?” Latter-day Saint theology offers a patient optimism for steady growth in us and around us—along with the anticipation of collective light to become “brighter and brighter until the perfect day.”
If we seek to end direct violence without paying more attention to structural and cultural contributors, will we be successful? Not if we’re paying attention to advice from the Book of Mormon.
Along with some changes called for by Black Lives Matter protesters, a shift away from enmity will be necessary to avoid more of these tragedies.
More empathy for the difficulties, fears, and frustrations of others ought to help us move forward together despite political differences. These nine books have helped me deepen my understanding of those speaking out about race in America.
We’re right to mourn slavery as a country. It’s not what “birthed” America though.
1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction provides valuable scriptural insights by focusing narrowly on the intention of it’s author, Nephi.
In today’s fractured conversations about race in America, scripture is often seen with the same suspicion as everything else. Let’s take a second look.
When we free our beliefs from the constraints and obligations of truth, we lose our greatest defense against toxic polarization.
