Jan 28, 2019 | Personal Searching
Question Hi Gramps. I don’t know if I should go on a full time mission or get married. I just turned 19 so I would be able to. And my parents keep asking me about it. Yet my boyfriend has been talking about getting married. He did not serve a mission to...
Jan 18, 2019 | Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I’ve read about godly sorrow but there seems to be very little written about it. What is it and more importantly, how can we know we are experiencing it? John Answer John, Sometimes it means sorrow for having sinned,...
Dec 21, 2018 | Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, There’s a kid in my grade who came from a Spanish speaking country to the U.S. He Is very lonely and barely speaks English. In fact, I’ve never heard him speak English only Spanish. I am currently learning Spanish but struggle to muster the...
Dec 13, 2018 | Marriage, Mormon Faith
Question Gramps, I’m just starting my investigation into becoming a Mormon. I am separated from my Church of England wife some 5 or 7 years now. I only stayed within that marriage and the Church of England because of the oath I swore unto God to love...
Dec 7, 2018 | Personal Revelation
Question Hi Gramps, I read your answer to someone’s question “How can people receive opposite personal revelation and both say it came from God?” and it got me thinking of another similar question. Two people are engaged to be married in the...
Nov 29, 2018 | Death, Marriage
Question Gramps, The weddings for Mormons are very private. What is a funeral like?? Are non-Mormons allowed to attend a funeral service?? Thank you for your assistance. Teresa Answer Dear Teresa, Actually the weddings that are performed in...
Sep 21, 2018 | Life's Lessons, Obedience
Question Gramps, I have made covenants in the temple. But I am unworthy to attend, because I stopped tithing. I have failed in many ways. Such as not studying and understanding scripture and as a result not passing that on to my children. The reason I stopped...
Sep 3, 2018 | Atonement, Jesus Christ, Testimony
Question Gramps, I have multiple friends that have made serious mistakes, changed their lives around, gone through the repentance process, and through doing so have grown extremely close to the Savior. They have an incredibly deep, strong, and personal...
Aug 29, 2018 | Life's Lessons
Question Gramps, If someone attends the temple sealing of their child when they are not worthy to be in the temple what are the ramifications? Barnet Answer Dear Barnet, Remember when you were a kid and you did something wrong and your mother...
