I thought it would be fun to reflect back on 2010 on the graceforgrace site highlighting some of the posts that stood out to me this year. I’ll break them into categorgies as follows: Most Controversial Post The most controversial post on graceforgrace was definitely “How Can a Christian or Mormon Vote Democrat?” I posted [...]
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graceforgrace 2010 Year in Review
Posted in Spirituality on January 2, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Giving God Glory while Battling Cancer
Posted in Faith, Jesus, Spirituality on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As we were getting ready to celebrate the new year this evening, my wife showed me a story from her cousin’s roomate that touched me and I thought it was appropriate to share. It is a story of a young couple who chose to get married despite the fact the young bride is struggling with [...]
I’m Thankful for…
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Thanksgiving on November 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Five minutes until we leave for the Turkey Bowl! A bunch of couples in the area are going to brave the snow and dust off our football skills while the kids stay at grandpa’s house. Wish us luck! I’ve been thinking about this all week and before the action all starts I wanted to get [...]
LDS Response to Human Rights Campaign’s Petition on Gay Rights
Posted in Spirituality on October 14, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Most of you probably heard that the LDS church, especially Elder Packer of the Apostles were petitioned by gay rights activists last week. Below is the Church’s official response and can also be found at this website. My name is Michael Otterson. I am here representing the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
Mormon Trivia: When were there 13 Apostles?
Posted in Spirituality on October 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I was doing a little research on an ancestor of mine who was a Mormon Apostle. Just for fun, I thought I’d throw in some trivia.
Not working on Sunday equals better grades in school and job performance…
Posted in Spirituality on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was reading this blog today about the steps the writer is taking to be successful in his Doctoral program at Purdue. One of the items mentioned was not doing schoolwork on Sunday. He goes on to write I have seen the benefits and blessings that come from keeping this goal. Sundays provide a much needed [...]
Maybe I Shouldn’t have Given them Salty Cookies…
Posted in Spirituality, tagged home teaching, LDS, thomas s monson on August 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In the LDS Church men from the ages of 14 on up are assigned as home-teachers. Home teachers are assigned in pairs and are assigned families in the congregation to help both spiritually and with their temporal needs as well. Home teachers are encouraged to share at least once a month a spiritual message with [...]
How Does God Speak to us? Help me help this reader…
Posted in God, Prayer, Spirituality on June 2, 2010 | 19 Comments »
I recieved the following message from a reader the other day: Dear Friend, I liked reading your letter on God and receiving his message through understanding of God´s manner of speaking. I have been reading very much and watching Daystar programs considerably. All of these things are interesting but the more I read the Bible [...]
Spiritual Crocodiles…It’s not Too Late to Repent
Posted in Spirituality on March 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When reading 2 Nephi 4, I came across God leading him “through the great deep”. It made me think of the spiritual crocodile video we watched in seminary back in high school. Take a few minutes and to watch the video. If you haven’t seen it, it’s pretty powerful. As the wildebeast is getting carried [...]
Missionaries in Chile Warned about and Prepared for Earthquake before it Hit
Posted in Spirituality on March 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Meridian Magazine had a great article on a whole mission that was prepared for the earthquake in Chile 2 weeks before it hit. The following is quoted directly from this week’s issue: Editor’s Note: President Larry Laycock and his wife, Sister Lisa Laycock head the Santiago Chile East Mission and had spent the two weeks [...]
