by Karen R. Merkley
Lacking Some Key to the Universe: Searching for Truth
I still remember standing at the top of the stairs as a child wondering who I was and why I was on the earth. I hungered for that knowledge like no other, and I felt spiritually starved. I attended Catholic Church but asked what [...]
On this misty, cool autumn day, October 4, 2008, a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson, brought a warm and strengthening prophetic mantle to the pulpit and into the homes of Saints and friends of other friends who gather around to listen in for the will of the Lord for our lives.
I set out the scone [...]
I try to imagine the thick veil of blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen of the Old Testament veil, or the veil that divided the 45-foot long tentish Tabernacle of Israel into two rooms-the Holy of Holiies, where the Ark of the Covenant (with the tablets of the Law and Aaron’s rod) [...]
My friend, Greg, not a Mormon himself, would often remark, “You’ve just been to the temple, haven’t you?” When I asked how he knew, he said there was always an extra light in my countenance. I found that so interesting that friends would notice an increase of divine light and power which I [...]