by Bernell Taylor | Aug 8, 2025 | Come Unto Christ, Divine Guidance, English, Happiness/Joy, Marriage/Family
You can’t see your nearest neighbor because their house is five miles away. If you need a gallon of milk, that’s 25 miles into town, and your church is nearly an hour away by automobile. So why would you choose to live on a farm in the middle of the vast...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 23, 2025 | Death/Grief, Divine Guidance, Happiness/Joy, Perseverance, Tagalog
ENGLISH Losing a loved one to death is one of the greatest challenges of mortality. It causes one to look deeply into their faith, and rely on a longer view than just this life. For Lucy, that perspective did not erase the pain of losing her husband to death, but it...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 18, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, Dutch, Gospel of Jesus Christ
ENGLISH In spite of her Catholic upbringing, Els knew from age six that God, Christ and the Holy Ghost were separate beings. So when she met missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that was her first question. And once she learned that...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 17, 2025 | Atheist/Agnostic/Non-Christian, Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy
What is it about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that the critics are so vehemently against? Why does the Church have so many rules, some of which we may not understand? Where can truth be found? Are we to simply agree without thinking? All these...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 16, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ
As a teen, Jim was discovering The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the first time. At first he had no interest, but gradually became curious enough to learn more. Then the day came when he really wanted to know, so he knelt in prayer. The three...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 12, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Happiness/Joy, Russian: Русский (Russkiy)
ENGLISH Viktor and Irina wanted to learn English as a second language in their native Russia. Nothing more. But then Viktor and their daughter started staying after class to learn about Jesus Christ and His Restored Gospel from the missionaries. It didn’t take...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 11, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ
Communicating with God usually takes faith, a sincere heart, and a lot of humble patience. But when Donna was in a life crisis, her prayer was answered instantly. “I was taken aback,” she says. “To be answered like that, at my door, I was...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 10, 2025 | Developing Faith, Divine Guidance, French: Français, Gospel of Jesus Christ
ENGLISH Denyse was born into a very large Catholic family. “I was more Catholic than the Pope,” she jokes. And that is where she gained her personal relationship with God that remains even now. Later, after becoming disenchanted with her faith, Denyse and...
by Bernell Taylor | Jul 9, 2025 | Divine Guidance, English, Gospel of Jesus Christ, Opposition, Perseverance
For many people, the conversion process often seems natural, like returning home. For Judy it was even more so. She had made signifiant changes in her life prior to learning about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so she was already well on the path...
