Apr 2, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Repentance, Sexual Issues, Worthiness
Dear Gramps, A few years after I was baptized I started to be immoral with my boyfriend. I talked to the bishop after the first time it happened but I continued bad behavior with different boyfriends all the while still being “active” i didn’t think I needed to go to...
Mar 25, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I have asked missionaries this question but I do not get a straight answer. I am not Mormon, my wife is. I gamble and I say so does she. I play poker and other games at casinos and with friends. She on the other hand funds a 401K plan...
Mar 24, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Faith, Testimony
Question Dear Gramps, I’m appreciative of the time you take to answer gospel-related questions. I’ve been very troubled lately by some experiences I’ve had in college. I’m a freshman, back from a mission in Peru, and now in my second semester at a college in Utah. I...
Mar 11, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Children, Life's Lessons
Dear Gramps, Sometime ago, I was having a discussion with my seminary teacher (also a former Bishop) about lying, and how he told us it was wrong. I remember asking him if it was wrong to lie to your children about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and his reply was,...
Mar 10, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Love, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, Thanks for your columns! I am 52 and divorced. My ex-husband and I still love each other, but I am active again and won’t have sex with him. He tries to manipulate me into it, and then argues, threatens me with needing to go to other women, etc. What...
Mar 6, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Personal Revelation
Dear Gramps, My mother passed on when I was very little, but I have often seen her in my dreams. In fact, when I joined the Church, it was because of something she told me to do that lead me to the Missionaries. She told me in my dream what would happen, and after I...
Mar 5, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Book of Mormon, Testimony
Dear Gramps, I am at my wit’s end. I have been a faithful member of the church for the past 21+ years. I take the Gospel in my life very seriously. My husband and I have raised three sons, the oldest of which is now serving a mission. My parents have been...
Mar 4, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Doctrine, Testimony
Dear Gramps, We had a family baptized a few weeks ago. They seemed really excited and happy. Now all of a sudden they want their names removed from the church. They were surfing on line and read where we believe that “As man now is, God once was. As God now is,...
Feb 23, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Worthiness
Dear Gramps, I have tried to live my life they way I should and I continue to have problems and all. What should I do? I have tried to change and everything, but I still cannot get a temple recommend, Gramps I have a hard time getting to church and all, but I want to...
Feb 21, 2009 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Love, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, My husband and I were talking to my in laws, and they told my husband it wasn’t appropriate for him to be talking to his friends who are girls that are married. That he is not supposed to text or call or email them. They said it can open doors to...