Testimony Archive

  • 42 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The Only Thing I Know

    Posted on October 15, 2012 | 15 Comments
    The faith that had once seemed so unshakable in my youth had dissipated. Instead of warmth and hope, I felt hollow.

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  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: More Than Meditation

    Posted on August 3, 2012 | 3 Comments
    God knows that I have some deep and abiding struggles--religious conundrums with which I have grappled for years.

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  • Mormon Matters 45: The Mormon Practice of Bearing Testimony

    Posted on August 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
    As a result of Brent’s latest Mormon in the Cheap Seats posts (Build Out, Not Up and On Testimonies), Mormon Matters just did a podcast regarding Mormons and the practice of bearing testimony.   Dan Wotherspoon moderated the discussion with a great panel:   Brent […]

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  • 10 Seconds with Tinkerbell

    Posted on July 31, 2011 | 9 Comments
    This week I found myself in that place Tinkerbell is so fond of — the place between asleep and awake. I opened my eyes from an awkward catnap on the I-80 in Nevada, and for a few brief moments I forgot which Honda I was […]

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  • 05 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: On Testimonies

    Posted on July 30, 2011 | 19 Comments
    I like fast and testimony meetings. I like them even though I sometimes feel like I've wandered into a UFO convention by mistake.

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  • 04 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Build Out, Not Up

    Posted on July 23, 2011 | 16 Comments
    Can a religion be built on faith? Just plain faith? Faith that isn't looking for a promotion, or a pay raise, or that isn't on its way to becoming something else?

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  • Earn This

    Posted on April 24, 2011 | 6 Comments
    By Dan A long favorite movie scene of mine comes near the close of “Saving Private Ryan.” Capt. John Miller, the character played by Tom Hanks, lies dying in the street, having just held off a German onslaught on a small French town. He pulls […]

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