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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “reverence”

‘I really think it would be best if you ended your remarks at this point?’

Aaron R. aka Rico September 24, 2009abuse, apostasy, Mormon, obedience, questioning, religion, reverence, sacrament meeting, thought 164 Comments

John Remy posted an interesting blog/video where a man, speaking about his concern with the Church’s practice and policy during the Prop 8 debate, was …

Is The Church Sacrificing Principle for Profit With Hunting Preserves?

Faithful Dissident September 24, 2009General Authorities, missionary, missions, Money, prophets, reverence, sports, violence, Word of Wisdom 44 Comments

“To what degree should the principle of ‘respect for life” be extended to bird and animal creations? What do the scriptures, Joseph Smith, and other …

Taking the Fun Out of Funerals

Hawkgrrrl June 2, 2009Asides, Charity, church, Culture, curiosity, death, doubt, families, General Authorities, LDS, Leaders, love, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, questioning, religion, reverence, thought 77 Comments

What do you want your funeral to be like? Do you care or do you figure you’ll be dead anyway? How do you feel about …

LDS Worship – Part III

guest April 17, 2009christ, christianity, church, Culture, diversity, faith, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, Mormon, music, orthodox, religion, reverence, righteousness, sacrament meeting, spirituality, testimony 18 Comments

David Stout is a Disciples of Christ minister. This is the third and final installment of his insightful commentary on LDS Sacrament Meeting Worship. To …

LDS Worship – Part II

guest April 13, 2009christianity, Culture, history, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, missionary, Mormons, music, orthodox, prophets, religion, reverence, sacrament meeting, spirituality 46 Comments

The following is the second part of the series written for us by David Stout, Disciples of Christ minister, about his perception of LDS worship. …

What Advice Would You Give Our Bishops? (“Missionary Work”)

Ray March 27, 2009christ, church, Culture, LDS, Leaders, missionary, Mormon, reverence, sacrament meeting, service, spirituality 27 Comments

I am on the Stake Missionary Committee, and Wednesday night we had a fascinating set of meetings. I couldn’t help but think as the meetings …

Why aren’t Mormons Green?

James February 23, 2009apologetics, Bible, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, BYU, Charity, children, christ, christianity, church, conference, Culture, curiosity, doubt, education, faith, General Authorities, General Conference, geography, God, Government, Happiness, international, LDS, Leaders, liberal, Logic, media, Money, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, obedience, politics, prophets, questioning, religion, resolutions, reverence, righteousness, sacrament, salvation, service, surviving, testimony, thought, Utah 56 Comments

Becoming a Moderate Mormon

Hawkgrrrl July 23, 2008Asides, Bloggernacle, BYU, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, faith, families, history, international, LDS, Leaders, liberal, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, new order mormon, news, orthodox, politics, questioning, religion, reverence, thought 37 Comments

We’ve established that there are conservative Mormons (obviously) and there are liberal or “new order” Mormons. Taking the politico-religious rhetoric to its next logical conclusion, …

A Chapel Entrance Plaque

Ray June 30, 2008church, Mormon, music, Peace, reverence 11 Comments

Recently, I was in a meetinghouse in our area for the first time. On the wall directly above the entrance to the chapel, there is …