Imagine a football game with no scoreboard. Also, imagine you don’t know how many yards away the end zone is. The field could be 100 yards or 1100 yards, maybe only 25 yards. If you were the football coach in this type of league what would your game plan be? The best...
“Spiritual understanding rarely comes from a lecture. It comes in classrooms where questions are welcome, where doubts and fears can be expressed, and where honest opinions are never dismissed. It comes from obedience, private study, and prayer. Spiritually, the...
Does how you speak as a member of the LDS church matter? Does how we speak influence the degree to which those not of our faith want to join our church? Does how we speak influence the degree to which members who infrequently attend church want to attend more...
This is an article co-authored by Adam Ellsworth, a full-time attorney and former elders quorum president; and Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D., a leadership professor. Did you feel that? That was the heavy weight of responsibility being placed on your shoulders. As a new...
This is an article co-authored by Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D., a leadership professor and Adam Ellsworth, a full-time attorney and former elders quorum president You have recently been called to a position that, while it has a familiar name, is essentially a brand new...
Repentance is the second principle of the gospel, and as such, it plays a foundational role in LDS theology. But unfortunately, it is a topic that many LDS leaders and teachers have misconceptions about. This is problematic from a church perspective because if LDS...
As was announced during the Priesthood Session of LDS General Conference, High Priests and Elders have been joined together into one unified quorum. This Sunday will be a historic moment when we all meet together in council and move the Kingdom of God forward as a...
Brigham Rupp is a full-time seminary teacher in Gilbert, Arizona. He’s served as elders quorum counselor, executive secretary, stake Sunday School, and currently serves as bishop. He served a mission in Chicago, Illinois and shares many of his scriptural thoughts...
During my 5 years serving as a bishop, like every other bishop, I had countless interactions with individuals in my ward where I felt it necessary to restrict the sacrament or other ordinances for a time as they were going through “the repentance process.”...
If 114 members of the church (mostly local leaders) were asked to define a core gospel principle, how many different definitions would there need to be for you to say, “we have a problem”, “this is not clear”, or “Salt Lake, we could use improved direction”? As a...
