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To any of you dear readers who have been a victim of Child Abuse, this beautiful article may help give some comfort.  It can be faith-shattering! Each summer for several years I have reposted a different article about the dangers of sleepovers to children.  You may want to go to this link also: https://grandmapalspocket.blogspot.com/search/label/sleepovers  (You may need to copy and paste this URL.) LDS Victim of Child Abuse Shares Beautiful, Brutally Honest Testimony of Coming to Love, Trust Her Father in Heaven by Ann, adapted from "Making Sense of Suffering"  | Jun. 29, 2018 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments From age five through fifteen, I was subjected to extreme abuse at the hands of my stepfather. I struggled for years with feelings of great unworthiness. I was quite inactive and bitter as a Church member. My heart became quite hardened. I suppose you could say I was spiritually bruised and br...

Do we look to "Google" for our answers, or to the Scriptures and Prophets?  I hope we won't be "tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine."  That is so necessary today -- in our world with instant information, and so much available to read!  This is an excellent article from LDS Living. When You Read Negative Info About the Church Online: 2 Ways to Determine What's True & What's Not by Katie Lambert  | Jan. 10, 2017 Makes You Think Mormon Life BYU President Kevin J. Worthen and his wife, Peggy Seale Worthen, spoke at a recent BYU devotional on "The Pursuit of Truth," and it could not have come at a better time With so much criticism aimed at the Church, now is a good time to talk about how to pursue truth. And even with recent criticism aside, there's so much information fed to us constantly it's overwhelming.  In this important, timely address, President Worthen talks about two ways ...