This site contains positive information about the beliefs of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often referred to as the Mormon or LDS Church, that will help strengthen the faith of the members of the Church and will provide answers to persons asking about the Church.
You are invited to leave replies to individual pages explaining your viewpoints or asking questions. However, replies that I believe are attacks on the LDS Church will be removed. The main criteria that I use in deciding if a reply is an attack is the “tone” of the reply. We are friends, even though we may differ in our religious beliefs. Our conversations need to have a feeling of “friendliness” and the sharing of viewpoints rather than a feeling of “argument” and attempts to prove that the LDS Church is wrong.
Replies considered spam will also be removed. Replies having links to commercial sites but having content appropriate to this site will be edited to remove the links; otherwise, the replies will be deleted. Unfortunately, because English is my only language, replies not in English will be removed even though they may be appropriate replies. The first time a person replies in this blog, I will review that comment. If the comment is approved, the person can post additional replies without having them moderated.
A number of years ago, I discussed online over a four-year period the Gospel with non-LDS. I’ve put my responses to them into a book in which I give my understanding of the basic teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and answer many criticisms of the LDS Church. In addition, I have a Gospel Defense section that serves as an educational resource for Latter-day Saints who answer questions about the Church. That section contains a copy of several days of intense (time wise) electronic discussions with critics of the Church. The Gospel Defense section also contains my replies to critical emails and comments that I’ve received from visitors to this site.
I’ve written a number of essays on topics that relate to Mormonism, and those essays are posted in the site. In addition to my writings, this site has pages of inspirational and fun things that I hope you’ll enjoy.
This site uses the blog format so people can reply to individual pages, but it is really a traditional website that uses pages instead of posts. New pages may be added from time to time, but new posts will probably not be added.
Even though this site concerns Mormonism, I speak for myself as an active Latter-day Saint, and I do not represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the LDS people.
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Hi–I just wanted to share this link with you. It’s my recent story in the New Republic about the LDS community in D.C. http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/104239/the-network-mormons-potomac-DC?passthru=ZGMwNWY0YjljNjRmOTM2MWU4MzgyNTY5ZmEzMzViZTQ
Thanks, Eliza, for the link and the nice article. I lived in the Washington area for two years. The first year was as a single and the second year as a married. I was a member of the Washington, DC ward that met in the chapel on 16th Street. The ward, as you pointed out in your article, was the “singles” ward of the area. My wife and I, though, met at Utah State University, and I imported her to the Washington Ward.
She and I were Stake Missionaries; we had more baptisms than the full time missionaries because the ward members knew us and trusted us. We conducted tours of the granite ward building, using the stained glass windows as “visual aids”. There was only one Stake, and my wife and I (who lived in College Park, MD) drove to Virginia to pick up military members and take them to a Fireside in Washington.
I remember an outing next to the Potomac, not far from Washington’s home. New homes were being offered for $27,000. Now, those homes probably sell for over a million.
While in Washington, we attended concerts on the Potomac, next to the Watergate apartments, long before Watergate became a political word. Other concerts at Rock Creek come to mind. I remember the 4th of July fireworks while sitting at the base of the Washington Monument. We enjoyed weekly concerts at the Nat. Gallery of Art.
We left Washington shortly after the beltway was finished; the Temple was built later after we were gone. Later while living in Massachusetts we made annual trips to the Washington temple.
I also grew up in the DC area, was baptized in the Washington Ward and helped during the dedication of the Washington Temple. I have since become Catholic and would love to dialogue with others on the various aspects of the LDS Church and Catholic faith. Obviously, there is much in common but also much that differs in ways I find most interesting.
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