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Living with Same-sex Attraction: Our Story
Mormon Life says: In 2003, Ty Mansfield wrote an essay for a class at BYU about how he—a member of the LDS Church who has experienced same-sex attraction—had found peace through the gospel of Jesus Christ. That essay resulted in a book, In Quiet Desperation, that made Ty's private struggle public. In 2011 he published an anthology on the same topic, Voices of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction.
Editor's note: Same-sex attraction is a sensitive and complex issue. We feel it is important to try to understand how we can better meet the needs of friends, family, and Church members...
Relating to Your Son or Daughter Experiencing Same-gender Attraction: Advice to Parents
Mormon Life says: In conjunction with today's featured article, "Our Story: Living with Same-sex Attraction" by Ty and Danielle Mansfield (click here to read), we offer this excerpt specifically for LDS parents of children who experience homosexual feelings.
The following is an excerpt from Voices of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction, taken from the chapter “Perspectives for Parents.” Click here to learn more.ListeningAs we...
Church's 12-step recovery program offers help and hope
Mormon Life says: A look at the Church's 12-step recovery program "Addiction Recovery," administered through LDS Family Services - a program which utilizes gospel principles and can be used for everything from substance abuse to pornography.
This article is a companion to yesterday's article on pornography. You can click here to read it.Overcoming addiction, whether it be to pornography, gambling, or something else, can be heartbreaking...
Fighting the Battle Against Pornography
Mormon Life says: Pull the rug out from under pornography. Brush up on why we need to worry, who pornography is affecting, how to prevent it, how to get help, and why—amidst this daunting plague—there is still overwhelming hope.
Pornography is an issue that’s been swept under the rug for years. But it’s 2012, and we’re running out of rugs. In a world where pornography is not only accepted but applauded, our brooms need to...
FHE: Potential
Mormon Life says: When we see our potential, it helps us reach beyond our weaknesses and selfish tendencies and live up to Heavenly Father's expectations.
Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “Your Potential, Your Privilege,” by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign, May 2011, 58. Thought: Think of what a glorious thing it...
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Finding Hope: 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Mormon Life says: We posted a video of Victor Guzman earlier, but this is different: this describes Guzman's actual experiences on September 11, 2001, as he went to work, experienced the tragedy of the World Trade Center attacks, and the aftermath. Wow.
Setting records, sharing hope at Time Out for Women
They had hoped to gather enough supplies for 150 hygiene kits to donate to the Road Home shelter. Laurel Christensen asked the 3,900 women on Friday night at Time Out for Women to bring any extra body wash and other toiletries back Saturday morning as they were short a few supplies. In the end,...
FHE: Hope
Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “The Rock of Our Redeemer,” by Wilford W. Andersen, Ensign, May 2010, 16–18. Thought: The early [pioneer] Saints were indeed homeless, but they were not hopeless. They had learned a profound and important lesson. They had learned that...
Hope Rising
Mormon Life says: A family tragedy would lead this ordinary housewife down an unexpected path—one that would bring hope and healing to thousands of people half a world away.
Ten years ago Becky Douglas's life changed forever. Her oldest daughter, Amber, lost her battle with bipolar disorder and took her own life while away at college. As a grieving Douglas sorted...
Making a Difference: Hope in a Bag
Child Protective Services (CPS) doesn't remove children from their homes unless they feel that the children have been neglected or abused. Michelle Chesher, the assistant program manager at the CPS location in Mesa, Arizona, explains, "Child abuse ranges from physical to sexual to emotional....
FHE: Hope
Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read "The Infinite Power of Hope," by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign, Nov 2008, 21-24. Thought: We learn to cultivate hope the same way we learn to walk, one step at a time. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Infinite Power of Hope," Ensign, Nov...
