Obtaining Eternal Life, Here and Now
We live for Christ not in order to someday gain His acceptance. We live for Christ because we already have it.
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Welcome to Navigating Discipleship
Sharing our thoughts from our life of discipleship
Where Can I Turn for Peace?
While dealing with personal doubt and pain I found my Savior in the words of a Hymn. Jesus is the Prince of Peace and his life has lessons for us today as we navigate social media, our family relationships, and over come our trials.
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My daughter passes the sacrament to me
I love to see my daughter pass the sacrament to me. When she does so, she does it with the filial authority only my daughter holds.
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Each Life That Touches Ours For Good
Each of us is needed! Each of us has something to add. Our testimonies are the threads of a great tapestry. We need to be woven together.
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Rethinking the “crisis” in “faith crisis”
Sometimes I wonder if the language we use when our faith develops or changes biases the possibilities we see.
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Sweet Hour of Prayer
Today I feel I understand better the true cleansing power of the Atonement. My family was breaking because of my sin, but we are more “at one” because of our return to the Savior.
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The Danger of Good, Better, Best
When we reduce all of our sins down to a matter of “good, better, best” we lull ourselves into a false sense of security and never face the parts of us that truly frighten us - the parts that actively choose to go against God's will.
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Help Me, Dear Father, To Freely Forgive
We have to see others not as the source of our pain, but as flawed human beings also in pain and need of help from divinity. To do this we have to let go of our hurt. We need to freely forgive.
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Revelatory, Covenant Mormonism
In Mormonism, covenants anchor us to Christ and set us free to live our faith rather than chain us to dogmatism.
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