
The Convert Files: I Never Understood The Pioneers
I’ve always struggled with how much time we focus on our pioneer ancestors. I had no connection to them. But Nebraska changed everything.
I’ve always struggled with how much time we focus on our pioneer ancestors. I had no connection to them. But Nebraska changed everything.
Before my baptism, my family was concerned that I would change after I joined the church. I told them I wouldn’t. But I did. For the better.
Latter-day Saints don’t celebrate the liturgical calendar as other Christians do. Converts to the Church notice this. Should we change it?
Myths, especially those surrounding our faith, are fairly common. And there is always someone who wants to tell you what you or your church believes.
No one told me to abandon the praise music of my teenage life, but I didn’t see anything comparable in our Latter-day Saint culture. So goodbye it went.
Acronyms are everywhere in Latter-day Saint culture. Let’s learn about them, or at least discuss whether we should have them in the first place.
I remember being called as an Elders Quorum President. I was relatively young and inexperienced. I wondered, are you being serious?
How often do we drive along using borrowed light? Is it only when the darkness comes that we turn on our own lights?
That’s not speaking in tongues, it just sounds like you are saying gibberish,” I thought as I listened to the pastor babble on the stage in front of me.
“You do know what they do in the temple, don’t you?” I can’t tell you how often I heard that after I joined the Church.
Truly, what is the point of a stake youth dance? Does it have a worthy purpose, and if so, is it serving it?
We often talk about converts having a “fire” in their testimony, so why not us? Let’s talk about a pyrotechnic flashover and how it relates to our faith.
There are just some things you have to get used to when you are a convert, and they start the first time you step foot
As a convert, seeing all 15 prophets of the Church united in Rome resonated deeply with me because of my experience finding truth.
Long ignored in the discussion on new developments in temple garment materials, men are finally having their day!
When you come to the sad realization that even a kind bishop or elders quorum president can become an uncontrollable beast on the court.
If you are a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you know how much of a culture shock it can be to experience your first ward potluck.
By creating safe spaces in our classes and worship, through active learning and engaged teachers, questions can help us grow and learn on the Gospel path.
As convert, I sometimes miss the more upbeat praise music, or revival style music that I grew up with.
How opening my mouth at work led me to have one of the most interesting spiritual experiences I’ve ever had, and with a non-Latter-day Saint congregation.
We say we preach of Christ, but some unofficial survey work done across a few wards suggests that we might not do it as much as we realize.
When full-time missionaries are placed on a podium and admired as heroes, we can unwittingly hurt those that opted not to serve.