religion

Today I am doing the “Come Follow Me” devotional again over on the Come Follow Me App. Talking about how amazing forgiveness is. Man alive, can you even believe the beauty of Joseph forgiving his brothers who left him for dead? That he not only forgave them but comforted them…

Today I am doing the devotional again on the “Come Follow Me” app. I am talking about the scripture in the Doctrine & Covenants that says: “Wherefore, whithersoever they shall send you, go ye, and I will be with you; and in whatsoever place ye shall proclaim my name an…

I don’t have the answer to that question up there for anyone else, but I sure felt it for myself today as I listened to General Conference. I wrote some thoughts about hearing God’s voice in so many ways a couple days ago. But wanted to come back here following…

You know that feeling when something just SPEAKS to you? Those things that grasp every part of you and you just feel the truth and light in it? I feel it when I look at beautiful art. I feel it when I see an incredible sunset. I feel it in…

I just want to share this because I love it! The couple who hosted Elle in her own “Junior-summer-internship” have put together (in partnership with some others), a pretty awesome new app that launches TODAY! Come Follow Me App I love that it helps you delve into the scriptures in…

I’m sure a lot of people out there follow sharonsaysso on instagram. She is pretty awesome, gives an unbiased view of what’s happening in the world (I took one of her “government for grown-ups” classes and it was so good!) Not only is she smart and incredibly talented about sifting…

***Post edit note, Conference is so beautifully uplifting today! There is one more session this afternoon, if you’d like to tune in, click HERE. You will be filled with love and hope. And then, after the darkness and the suffering, the anguish and the pain, the ashes…. …came the beauty.…

To me, there is so much beauty in religion: people striving to connect with God. I think it is interesting that once we find a religion that we cherish and love, we are more apt to close out the others. I think mostly we just get comfortable. But how sad…

Remember clear back HERE when I used to speak at Time Out for Women? That was a fun time. It was so stretching for me and I learned so much! This year a friend had the idea to go with a group of us and it was such a good…

General Conference for our church took place this last weekend.   I was sooo excited about it, as I always am.  We have some friends who are interested in the church at the moment and when I was explaining what conference is to her I had to laugh at myself.…