Jun 29, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Gramps, My growing up years were spent in an area that was not the best of environments. Lots of gangs, drugs, violence and anything else you can think of. This is what I grew up around. My parents were once active LDS but have slid into some of the...
Jun 22, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have an Anxiety Disorder, OCD, and a few phobias. All have to do with fear. If Satan makes us fear, are my mental illnesses just a creation of Satan’s? Did I get these because I’m not worthy enough? I thought fear is what kept us...
Jun 16, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Marriage
Question Dear Gramps, I am a 26 year old male. I have no desire for a wife. Im not sinning in a sexual way at all. Is it a sin to simply go through life without a mate? I’m a very independent person and the thought of constant company of another person...
Jun 11, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have avoidance personality disorder. My whole life I’ve been labeled as shy and introverted and could never make a real connection with anybody. Not even members of my own family. Because of it I was never able fulfill pretty much...
Jun 8, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Baptism, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, Hello. I am wondering about my 7 year old autistic son. He is very low functioning and does not speak. He cannot tolerate going ‘anywhere’…. literally. Does not do well around large groups of people, therefore we are...
Jun 1, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Personal Revelation
Question Gramps, My son-in-law just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. They have chosen to live with hope and believe in miracles. He is just a young man and his patriarchal blessing says as he grows older he will have many opportunities to serve together...
May 29, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Gramps, What can I say to my son who comes home crying after every scouting event? He is home schooled and every scout in his troop is rude to him. Yesterday he tripped while hiking and one of the older scouts called him a dirty name. He gets along...
May 9, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons
Question Hey gramps, I’m a priest within the church, I have concerns with my young men quorum. We just had a recently called young men’s president a few months ago, and things haven’t been the same. Our new young men leader is a bit more...
May 4, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Testimony
Question Dear Gramps, Lately I have been thinking a lot about my faith and I don’t think that I really have a testimony. I feel like I have just been going to the Mormon Church because I was born into it and have never really had to study and find out for...
Apr 27, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Obedience
Question Dear Gramps, How does one truly obtain a pure heart? I am unwillingly being made to go through a divorce right now, and the physical desires and the temptations that accompany them leave me confused and frustrated. To what degree does the Lord hold me...