Mar 19, 2025 | Blessings, Children, Mormon Policy
Question Gramps, No one can be baptized before age 8. I understand a child who receives a baby blessing is a member of the Church. A baby lost her father while her mother was pregnant. The baby was raised in the church but never received a name or blessing. The...
Mar 14, 2023 | Children, Family
Question Gramps, The priesthood-holding husband says he was inspired to not have children yet. The wife said she reluctantly and with disappointment deferred to her husband’s inspiration because he is the priesthood holder. Does not the wife also have...
Jan 2, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children
Question Gramps, I am still sealed to my ex. I have since remarried. We were told by our Stake President that we can’t be sealed till we have been married for 5 years, which will be up in about 1 1/2 years. I am pregnant now and it’s really...
Oct 6, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Joseph Smith
Question Gramps, I’m trying to find this quote “if I was to tell you who I was in the preexistence you would call it blasphemous and wish to take away my life” 40 years ago as a missionary we discussed this quotation by Joseph Smith. Can you...
Aug 5, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, God
Question Gramps, My son is an alcoholic. He drinks so much that he blacks out and mentally and spiritually abuses his children. This has been going on for 15 years. My grandkids stopped praying because they said God has not helped them. They have prayed for...
Nov 12, 2017 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, God
Question Gramps, In human biology there is born (extremely infrequently) a two headed child. This to me speaks to a Heavenly Father who is the Father of what? i know that the Church believes in only one earthly life. So how can you explain this very unusual...
Jun 18, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Family
Question Dear Gramps I write to you with a plea. I was in a temple sealing once and the sealer said to the couple if one breaks their covenants but the other stays true to their covenants the children will still be sealed to the one who keeps their covenants....
Jan 26, 2016 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Holy Ghost
Question Gramps, If a parent won’t let a child of record be baptized, how do we teach him about the Holy Ghost? Pamela Answer Dear Pamela, If you are the parent of the child, you teach him about the Holy Ghost the same way you teach him...
Nov 15, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Homosexuality, Mormon Policy
Question Hi Gramps, Could you please better explain the reason the Church Handbook for Bishops was changed to exclude the blessing and baptism of children of same-sex parents? The recent news about this has managed to cause a big rift in my non-Mormon family...
May 8, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Marriage, Personal Revelation
Question Gramps, My husband and I have been married for many years. We have 5 children and I have felt for quite some time that we need to add to our family. My husband does not feel the same. I have prayed with much sincerity to know my Heavenly...
