Mar 7, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Hi Gramps, I find myself repeatedly trying to form Mormon friendships based off of serving others – multiple rides per week, doing dishes, etc. Each time – my efforts fail when I fail to live up to the expectations of the other person. For...
Mar 6, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Grandpa, I converted to the church about a year ago after investigating for six months. Soon after my baptism I stopped attending church. I am really unsure as to why I stopped, but I did. I loved going to church, I loved reading from the Book of...
Feb 18, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, The values and beliefs expressed in modern day movies and TV shows are really offensive to me, and leave me feeling poorly afterwards. So I have pretty much abandoned them and gone to watching the old black and white movies and TV shows...
Feb 12, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Youth Issues
Question Gramps, So I know we aren’t supposed to date until we are 16. But why? Julie Answer Dear Julie, I have often talked to non-members who are dubious, if not out-right skeptical, about young people in the church being able to remain...
Feb 3, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Hello gramps, A few students in my early morning seminary class have been actively denying sound doctrine the instructor teaches and often will cause the remainder of the session to be damage control of what they have said. It has caused heated debate...
Jan 29, 2015 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Callings, Youth Issues
Question Dear Gramps, Can young men or young women have a calling while he or she is still a young men/women and still attending that class? Many have already reached the age of 18. Could they have a calling in something like Primary? Please advise. Best...
Dec 19, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Question Hi Gramps, I’ve heard that in the time of Noah the term “giving in marriage” back then meant that there was same sex marriage occurring during that time. Is that true? I also heard that it was the final straw before God sent the...
Dec 16, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, Sometimes I get mad for no reason. What should I do? Nathan Answer Hello Nathan, Anger is a natural emotion necessary to our individual progression toward becoming Godlike; however, anger is not an emotion that occurs without an...
Dec 2, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, How should we respond to an atheist who insults religion and the moral standards of God? Tracie Answer Tracie, The best way to respond against revilers is usually the same way Jesus responded to the corrupt King Herod, who...
Oct 31, 2014 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, For seminary we have to give a devotional. I was assigned the topic “The Premortal Life” and I want to make my devotional memorable so that if the kids in my class are learning something and it’s not just a 5 minute...