Faith
When Law Meets Love: Dallin H. Oaks’ Ministry to Sexual and Gender Minorities
Dallin H. Oaks pairs law with love, showing humility, outreach, and a call to hold truth with tenderness.
Jeff Bennion
October 10, 2025
Dallin H. Oaks pairs law with love, showing humility, outreach, and a call to hold truth with tenderness.
How can peacemaking prevail amid rage? When peace is chosen with faith in God, beauty from ashes, and outreach.
What should believers do amid extremism and grief? They choose peacemaking, refuse contempt, and honor every soul.
He met with leaders, but Nelson’s legacy was in names, small flocks, and comfort that made the forgotten feel seen.
Has prophetic language softened? Yes, tone adapts to culture, but doctrine remains exacting and unchanged.
What does a prophet say at 101? He affirms divine worth, urges peacemaking, and calls families the heart of healing.
What would it take to form a more perfect union? Rejecting outrage, loving neighbors, and renewing civic and spiritual bonds.
AP’s coverage of the Latter-day Saints misses the mark, showcasing bias and a lack of religious literacy
Journalists embrace X’s new identity but resist the Latter-day Saints’, showing disparate media treatment.
Honey the chicken’s bond with her owner reflects on human trust dynamics, emphasizing honesty, integrity, and emotional resilience as key factors.
Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been chosen to receive the Ghandi-King-Mandela Peace Prize. According to Morehouse College who is presenting the award, “The honor is awarded “to a person who promotes peace and positive social transformation through nonviolent means.” The board selected him “for his global efforts in ‘abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice against any group of God’s children’ through nonviolent ways. The individuals use their global leadership to affirm peace, justice, diversity and pluralism.”
We just finished another worldwide conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. What stood out to those of us who had a chance to listen?