I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway.
Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
Today at 11:59 AM my daughter's heart stopped & she was taken home to that God who gave her life. We miss her so much already. Thank you all for your prayers, but if you will, please offer up one more for my family.
I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway.
Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
A 4-yr-old girl's parents, both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints, divorced. They both stop attending church, & thus, that little girl did, too.
It wasn't until she was 18-yrs-old & the missionaries knocked her door, that she found the church again.
How many of you noticed the great importance of the gesture
@NelsonRussellM
did when he said the phrase "When someone dies 'prematurely,' think celestial?"
@conservmillen
We didn't know our daughter had a fatal condition until 3 weeks after she was born, but we wouldn't have changed a thing. She lived 5 months & 4 days with us, the best time of our lives.
I don't know how to talk publicly about what is going on with my daughter Eve. But I worry I will regret not doing so. Carrie is and has been much better at sharing. But I'll try anyway.
Eve has a very rare recessive genetic disease, which Carrie and I (both carriers of the
At some point in her short life, Eve started cooing/whining in the early morning hours in her bed-side bassinet, waking Carrie and I. We'd carefully pick her up, making sure not to pull out her continuous feeding tubes or low-flow oxygen cannula, and hold her; whereupon she'd
Given that our prophets and the Book of Mormon warn us of the prevalence and danger of secret combinations in the world today, why are so many members hesitant to embrace the reality of an active cabal?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints is going to be collectively studying The Book of Mormon in 2024.
That is no coincidence given where we are in the timeline.
I invite you to read it with us & see how it reflects what will unfold before your eyes. Link below:
A few thoughts about President Nelson's talk:
1) When someone has a really bad take, you can just ignore it.
2) Engaging drives the algorithm to spread bad takes far & wide
3) This is what the adversary wants
4) You can tell intent sometimes by looking at the whole — is the
The Lord is the head of
@Ch_JesusChrist
. Read on for evidence in the following story by Dean M. Davies, member of the Presiding Bishopric of the Church at the time he gave this speech.
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A few years ago President Thomas S. Monson announced that there would be a temple in
@sashachapin
yes. because long walks in the sun make you realize that you should stop looking for happiness and settle for eating right and not getting sunburnt.
"Before the Mount Timpanogos Temple dedication, the First Presidency invited the residents of the Utah State Developmental Center to a special open house of the temple. This center houses severely mentally and physically disabled sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father.
I now
During his 1st general conference as President of
@Ch_JesusChrist
,
@NelsonRussellM
said, "In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting and constant influence of the Holy Ghost."
It's becoming clear why this is so.
@owenbroadcast
"Who did these floors?"
"We don't talk about that."
"Fair. But why are you laying down and talking to the side of my head? What are these couches?"
"Don't make me get up and hit my shins on the way over there."
Let's talk about sacred symbols & covenants. 🧵 (Disclaimer: this is my personal understanding of the doctrine of
@Ch_JesusChrist
)
You are a fallen person in a fallen world. God invites you to leave that world & person behind.
What did you fall from? His presence. Why?
@drantbradley
You don't get to burning churches without consequence without making it socially acceptable or tolerable to discriminate against Christians first.
There's been some discussion today about testimonies in sacrament meeting & church settings & what they should entail & should not entail. Clearly, there's a hunger for faith-building stories—a good desire. But in the context of sacrament meeting, let me offer a gentle pushback.
To my LDS mutuals, there's a dude with fewer than 100 followers that got way more views because you responded to his anti-LDS tweet. It would be better to ignore and let him tweet to the void, no?
@ChayaRaichik10
Btw, I tried to get some background on this and Microsoft A.I. is
1) super biased (left-leaning) &
2) got triggered when I told it to source right-leaning outlets to moderate it's language.
It ended the convo & made me open a new inquiry. 😂
Missionaries knocked the door of an older couple. The woman said to her husband that she wanted to hear what they had to say. And tho the husband had a history of trouble, he loved his wife & told her he would not stand in her way. She let the missionaries in & felt the Spirit.
Brothers and sisters, I have been in situations where all appears lost, where it seems that nothing you can do or say will make a difference. What I have learned in these situations is that if you are on the Lord’s errand, do all that you can do with the talents and abilities God
When Christ comes very soon, my daughter will rise from the grave with a perfectly strong & capable body & a brain free of seizures. She will shine. She will meet Christ in the clouds. I'll get to witness it all. And she'll be my daughter still.
Do you know how incredible it is that in roughly 400 A.D., Moroni wrote down the sacrament prayers that we use today in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Verbatim.
And our temple endowment is the same story, rites, laws, & blessings as that given to Adam,
These are the kinds of exmos that say, "I was a bishop."
Never understood or converted to as simple a principle/law as tithing. Also, says he "paid her bills." Why not use his stewardship to approve ward fast offering funds for this faithful woman? Oh wait...
Eve would have been 6 months today. We sang her halfy birthday, and my niece ran around putting flowers on the nearby graves. Carrie & I ended the day with s'mores with friends whose daughter was stillborn, & we talked & coped together by the fire. A good day.
The end.
This true story was shared by a woman who gave a talk today at church. It was about her & her father.
Did you notice how much the miracle of forgiveness had to happen in their lives in order for it to end the way it did?
@MikeWingerii
Joseph Smith was a prophet of the Lord. He revealed more scripture than any other prophet & I'll be forever grateful to him for his part in doing God's work for all people and for the price he paid for it — his own life. I know Christ better bc of Joseph Smith.
@extradeadjcb
"She's being oppressed by the patriarchy!" the feminist said as she smeared the woman, her family, and her way of life in national print media.
I typed this up on my phone and then almost at the end, Twitter crashed. No draft saved. Dang.
God tried to save Laban.
1) Laman & Laban meet up. Laman asks for the brass plates, which contained the genealogy of his fathers AND Laban's fathers. They were both descendents of
One of the reasons Jesus Christ established a church, His Church, was to give us experience in loving others, to learn what being motivated by charity means in practice.
There is genius in the organization of local Church units based on geography. We don’t choose a congregation
I don't think I realized (stupidly) how special/miraculous it was the way my daughter passed yesterday. It took my bro-in-law to call it to my attention. He's a radiation oncologist & has seen lots of death, including anticipated death. And he said, "That was an incredibly unique
If you're hungry for God to speak to you, please consider joining me in watching the 194th semi annual General Conference of
@Ch_JesusChrist
Saturday morning session, 10 a.m. MDT
Saturday afternoon session, 2 p.m. MDT
Saturday evening session, 6 p.m. MDT
Sunday morning session,
It's time to share. My 3-mo-old daughter has an extremely rare disease that is progressive & fatal within the 1st year of life. We've been in & out of the ICU several times since she was born. If you're navigating scary things with your child, feel free to DM.
Link below:
Eve was amazing. She was selfless, considerate, brave, patient, tough as nails, and gorgeous to boot. She was a very good girl — perfect, actually. The best daughter a parent could have. I'm eternally grateful for the unique opportunity of being her father.
You can be forgiven, too. You may not think so, but if a man can trade his little girl for the glitter of Las Vegas, & if she can forgive him & he can forgive him, & God can forgive him, you can be forgiven too.
Learn more at
This all began because at 18, his daughter wanted to repent & be forgiven & return to her covenants she had made at 8 that she had learned about until she was 4.
The miracle of forgiveness can save families. It can save individuals. It can save eternal lives.
"Any addiction be it gaming, gambling, debt, drugs, alcohol, anger, pornography, sex, or even food, offends god. Why? Because your obession becomes your God. You look to it rather than to Him for solace."
#ThinkCelestial