Jan 6, 2016 | Baptism, Trials
Question Gramps, Why are some people baptized and become active and others baptized and become inactive ? As individuals, as wards, as missionaries, or as individual members who pay attention ? Theodore Answer Dear Theodore, Much of our success...
Nov 30, 2015 | Current issues, Trials
Question Dear Gramps, I understand why it is so important for us women to have children and replenish the earth, but why must we suffer so much? Why does giving birth have to be so painful, and in a lot of cases deadly? Menstruation, pregnancy, birth,...
Sep 15, 2015 | LDS Church, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, “There is no true Latter‑day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity ‑‑ realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world.” Heber J. Grant,...
Jul 27, 2015 | Premortal Life, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, I have been a member of the LDS church all my life and believe the doctrine stating that our spirits had a gender before we became mortal. I find myself pondering the possibility of an imperfectly gendered body. Hermaphrodites exist, and...
May 11, 2015 | Scriptures, Trials
Question Gramps, I know we can, otherwise the First Presidency and the 12 wouldn’t keep the hymn “Come, Come ye Saints” in the hymn book. But many times in the scriptures it explicitly says to not say “all is well”. I just want to...
Feb 26, 2015 | Current issues, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, Those who have been born male and have chosen to live in this world as a woman are referred to in the press as “she” and the new feminine name they go by. The same goes for the opposite gender. Should Latter-day Saints...
Feb 7, 2015 | Current issues, Depression
Question Gramps, Over the last several of years I have had a few friends take, what they think is, the easy way out. This is devastating for all those left behind. A few have them are members, some not. Most of them I served with in the military and had a great...
Jan 7, 2015 | Current issues, Sexual Issues
Question Grandpa, I recently confided in my sister. I told her that I was in therapy trying to heal my chronic pelvic pain, PTSD which resulted from sexual abuse that I never dealt with. What am I missing? I’m very familiar with the atonement. It’s...
Dec 28, 2014 | Blessings, Trials
Question Gramps, Do I get a greater blessing for successfully enduring a trial? For example I don’t have a family. I was not blessed with children and my relatives are dead. I hear about how important family is. Will I get a greater blessing if I...
Dec 2, 2014 | Afterlife, Divorce
Question Gramps, Unfortunately I am in a situation I never wanted. I was sealed in the temple but am now divorced. I have 2 young children. What is the church’ stance on having the sealing revoked? I have heard it can only be done if you want to remarry?...
