Nov 12, 2014 | Current issues, Trials
Question Dear Gramps, I have been struggling with skinpicking (Dermatillomania) since 10 years. I feel so horrible about my picking that I have really low self-esteem. I know our bodies are temples and therefore holy, but I can’t stop the urge to pick....
Oct 1, 2014 | Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, If you have masturbated and have repented and in a temple recommend are asked if there is any sins that have not been confessed, is masturbation something that has to be confessed to priesthood authority in order to repent of it? Thanks...
Mar 17, 2014 | Life's Lessons, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Question Gramps, In trying to make this short, I will just start by saying I have a question to a very complex situation. Basically, my question is if my husband and I can be sealed in the temple? Just a quick background. My now husband and I met at the end of our...
Dec 19, 2013 | Addictions, Marriage, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, My husband of 5 years is addicted to pornography. He told me about it while we were dating but I thought it would be a non-issue if we married because then his needs would be met within the marriage. It didn’t even occur to me that this...
Dec 12, 2013 | Priesthood, Sexual Issues
Question Hi Gramps, Will the Church bend to homosexual pressure and allow openly gay men into the priesthood? The RLDS have done so. I’m fearful of it. Josh Answer Josh, The priesthood is given to all worthy male members of the Church....
Dec 5, 2013 | Prayer, Repentance, Sexual Issues
Question Dear Gramps, I have a lusting problem. Fortunately, I don’t have a pornography problem. I have tried and tried and tried for over 30 years now to overcome looking with lust at immodestly dressed women I see in public. I am no closer now to...
Oct 19, 2013 | Depression, Temples
Question Gramps, My wife and I have been married for about a year and we have been to the temple a few times. I really feel like I am not receiving the full benefits of marriage by not going to the temple. I have severe claustrophobia that causes me to have...
Aug 19, 2013 | Depression, Life's Lessons
Question Dear Gramps, I spent some time reading messages on this website trying to find answer on my problem and I wasn’t able to do so. Maybe that is because of complexity of my problem, and yet again, maybe my problem has no solution. I was exposed to LDS...
Aug 12, 2013 | Forgiveness, Life's Lessons, Repentance, Sexual Issues
So basically let me get this straight. I had an emotional affair, though did not realize that’s what it was until therapy (as I’m not active and not well indoctrinated) And according to scripture…it’s adultry. So, pretty much I have no hope...
Aug 10, 2013 | Repentance, Sexual Issues
Dear Gramps, I talked to my bishop about a chastity problem I had had a couple years ago. He said since it was so long ago and that I hadn’t done it since that I would be forgiven. I’m not sure though. I don’t know if I would have been able to resist the same...
