Sep 8, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family, Forgiveness
Question Dear Gramps: I am a grieving mother of a 31 year-old son who is married and has three children. We are strong members of the church and so is he and his family. Two years ago we had a disagreement with him and have apologized for our part several times...
Sep 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Life's Lessons, Obedience
Dear Gramps, My mother is a member of the church, and she has taken out her own endowments, and my brother too, who went on a mission following this sacred event. She was also sealed to my deceased father and sealed to my brother also. My brother served his mission...
Aug 18, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family
Dear Gramps, If we are punished for our own sins and not for Adam’s (or Eve’s) transgression, then why is it that we must work by the sweat of our brows and in sorrow bear children? Chip @deseretonline.com Dear Chip, When Adam and Eve lived in the Garden...
Aug 3, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Faith, Family, Prayer, Priesthood
Question Gramps, Is it wrong for a woman to cast out Satan if her Priesthood holder husband is present but not understanding the need at the time? What words should be used when casting out the angels of darkness? And how can one know it is needed or...
Aug 2, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Blessings, Current issues, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, When a baby is blessed, is it appropriate to ask the Lord for blessings for the baby or is it appropriate to address the baby and pronounce blessing on the baby? I have heard it done both ways and wonder if one way is correct or if both ways, though...
Jul 23, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, I haven’t had the courage to talk to anyone else about this. Since I can’t see you and you seem to be in tune, it will be much easier. A woman may only be sealed to one man, and a man may be sealed to many women. This concept leaves me feeling...
Jul 22, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Current issues, Family, Marriage
Dear Gramps, . I have always been curious how women can expect to be remarried (after being widowed) if they can not be sealed to more than one man. Personally, I would want to spend eternity with my husband, and so do not want to be sealed to more than one man, but...
Jul 15, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies
Gramps, In order for Adam and Eve to replenish the earth, they would have needed to have lots of children and they in turn would have to marry each other, brother and sister. Wouldn’t the children have had lots of defects, similar to what happens today if one...
Jul 9, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Babies, Current issues, Family
Gramps, Why didn’t Adam and Eve have children in the Garden of Eden? Donna, from Nevada Dear Donna, Very little has been revealed about the lives of Adam and Eve between the time that they came to this earth and the account given in the scriptures about...
Jul 5, 2010 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Babies, Current issues, Death
Gramps, What do you say to a mother who carried a little boy for six months. Gave birth to this premature little child, whose weight was only 1 lb. My friend saw and held this little boy, named him, and after only 2 days the little boy died. This child was my...