Gospel Fare
The Day the Blame Game Named My Sister
What ends othering and blame? Loyal defense of family, respect across faiths, and small acts of shared service.
Timothy Smith
December 5, 2025
What ends othering and blame? Loyal defense of family, respect across faiths, and small acts of shared service.
What does repentance mean for families of faith? They show it restores peace and strengthens bonds with God and family.
Which conflict style fits each dispute? All five are needed; choose wisely to prevent resentment.
Who will lead the Catholic Church next? The conclave may reshape its global, theological, and moral influence.
What is the significance of The Church of Jesus Christ assuming responsibility for the Kirtland temple?
The fact that accusation clouds religious epistemology is a lesson we can all learn from a debacle on a popular YouTube channel.
Do Pope Francis’ reforms imperil Catholic teaching or update its delivery? This examination suggests various interpretations, underscoring tensions between flexibility and tradition that a synod may highlight but only a pontiff can resolve.
The Catholic Synod serves as a case study on hierarchical versus distributed authority. Latter-day Saints face similar debates, observing how inclusion and transparency can either strengthen or compromise a religious institution.
Other observers may be perplexed at all the Catholic clamor over a convening taking place this week. Let me provide some context from a Catholic lay perspective.
Lots of families are hurting—with plenty of strained relationships between parents and children. Could a little more humility help us all?
Latter-day Saints see their faith as a receptacle of truth not just a dispenser of it, which explains the ease in finding so much that is “virtuous” and “lovely” in many traditions.
It’s good to share truth we believe. It’s also good to hear truth on others’ hearts – something Joseph Smith embodied and emphasized in his life.