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 This is a very thought-provoking article!  We need to be able to think very deeply about life, and what we are doing here, and the choices and decisions we make daily! Three Crucial Questions about Mortality By  Richard Eyre  · November 9, 2020 Editor’s Note:  This is the sixth article in a 12-part Tuesday/Thursday Meridian Series that explores some of the most remarkable and exciting doctrines of the Restoration.  Read the two-part introduction to this series    here ,  and  here , and read article 1    here , and article 2   here , and article 3  here , and article 4  here ,  and article 5  here . This series poses fundamental and intentionally provocative questions about the doctrines of the Restoration, and in many cases includes the author’s own interpretation of certain Gospel beliefs and principles that do not pretend to be official doctrine of the Church and that are necessarily endorsed by Mer...

I really love the writings of this dear lady, who had many problems in her life! How the Refiner’s Fire Purifies Our Beliefs By  Darla Isackson  · September 7, 2020 Editor’s Note: Beloved Meridian author Darla Isackson recently passed away. We will continue to share her wonderful insights here periodically. We can lean on the following words from the 4 th  verse of “How Firm a Foundation”: When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. What flames of the refiner’s fire are you currently dealing with? Wayward children, financial reverses, disease, aging? Almost twelve years ago the suicide of my son was that kind of refiner’s fire for me. No event in my life has ever caused me to re-think what I believe as much as that one. As a practicing, believing Latter-day Saint, my identity was intertwined with “forever family” goals and “I am a c...

Coronavirus: Two Doctors’ Tips for Combating Helplessness By  Benjamin Satterfield  and  Angel Lybbert  · March 16, 2020 The following article first appeared in  Public Square Magazine . Dr. Satterfield is a Physician-Scientist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is trained in internal medicine and a specialist in molecular virology with an emphasis in emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Lybbert is board certified in family medicine with added certification in geriatric medicine. She works at Intermountain Utah Valley Senior Medicine Clinic. She has worked in assisted living facilities, VA clinics, outpatient geriatric primary care, and hospice care. The views expressed are their own. The fear around this COVID-19 pandemic is both striking and understandable. Speaking from our expertise and experience in infectious disease and geriatric medicine, we share five recommendations that might be encouraging to those who fin...

This article is so inspired, from a book "This Life is a Test".  You may recognize that the Owner's Manual refers to the Scriptures and teachings of current day prophets.  The Teacher is our Heavenly Father, and Teacher's Aide's are those leaders, friends, or family who give us wise and inspired counsel we truly should listen to, and act accordingly. When the Lord Gives New Instructions By Ted Gibbons  · August 28, 2018 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Editor’s Note: The following comes from a series taken from Ted Gibbons’ book, “This Life is a Test.” To read the previous installment,  CLICK HERE .  “And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban” (1 Nephi 4:6). The right of the Teacher to change the rules by which we participate in the Test is nowhere better demonstrated than in this meeting of Nephi and Laban.   Dozens of times in the Owner’s Manual the Te...

2 Things Elder Cook Said  Will  Bring "Much Joy" Into the Lives of Young Adults Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles encouraging young adults to set goals, use social media wisely, and face the future fearlessly in a worldwide devotion Sunday.  Originating from a stake center adjacent to the Washington D.C. Temple, the broadcast occurred on the 15th anniversary of  the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . by Katharine Lyon  | Sep. 12, 2016 From the Church Makes You Think Mormon Life Speaking briefly of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Elder Cook recalled the experience of his oldest son and his young family watching the hijacked plane crash into the second tower from the roof of their Manhatten apartment, and then making their way to the Manhattan Stake Center for refuge. "My purpose this evening is not to have you dwell on terrible events from the past," Elder Cook said. Instead, he e...