My Faith Journey
This is my first blog, and my first blog post. I don't exactly know what I'm doing. But I wanted a space to be able to explain what happened to my faith. I was born into a Mormon family. The church no longer likes using the nickname "Mormon" - it is officially The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - but I associated with that nickname my whole life, and I can't just slough it off just because the current prophet doesn't like it. So you'll see me referring to Mormons and Mormonism throughout. You know what I mean, I don't need correcting. There are some distinct differences in Mormonism from traditional Christian religions. In no way is this list exhaustive, but here are some main points. Mormons consider the Mormon church the one true church on the face of the Earth Mormons believe the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith in the early 1800s after he prayed in a grove of trees as a 14 year old boy to find out w