Mormon testimony meeting
Retreats offer a safe space to be both Mormon and real
By Jana Riess — May 31, 2019
Given how many unofficial Mormon retreats are flourishing, Latter-day Saints seem hungry for sacred spaces in which they’re permitted to keep it real.
11 challenges for the Mormon introvert
By Jana Riess — October 21, 2015
From three straight hours of church to testimony meeting and girls' camp, Mormonism can sometimes be an introvert's nightmare, says guest blogger Mette Harrison.
The progressive Mormon’s survival guide to this Sunday’s testimony meeting: A drinking game!
By Jana Riess — June 30, 2015
Given the divided reaction to the SCOTUS decision, this weekend's testimony meeting could be a rough hour for progressive Mormons. In these polarizing times, we need a good drinking game to get us through church.
A Mormon celebrates “I believe” instead of “I know”
By Jana Riess — April 23, 2015
"When will I *know* the Church is true?" Brighton Capua wondered. Without that knowledge, she found herself in the midst of a painful faith crisis. Now she understands that she was never supposed to know.
Mormonism and the “only true and living church”
By Jana Riess — October 31, 2014
Mormons teach universal salvation and stress love for all . . . and also claim that the LDS faith is the "only true and living church" on the earth. Which is it? Can it be both?
The dangers of idolizing Mormon prophets
By Jana Riess — October 24, 2014
The Church teaches us on the one hand that a living prophet is more valuable to us than even the scriptures (!), and instructs Primary children to follow the prophet and never "go astray." But then it also tries to emphasize that a prophet is only a prophet "when he is acting as such," and that not every teaching is doctrine. Which is it?
“I know the Church is true,” and other Mormon muddles
By Jana Riess — October 17, 2014
When Mormons say we "know the Church is true," what do we mean? Does it merely *contain* truth, or is it the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
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