by Dan Wees | Sep 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“There is no such thing as an accurate, objective history of the Church without consideration of the spiritual powers that attend this work… There is a temptation…to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith-promoting or not. Some things that are true are...
by Dan Wees | Sep 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“There are three areas where members of the Church, influenced by social and political unrest, are being caught up and led away. I chose these three because they have made major invasions into the membership of the Church. In each, the temptation is for us to turn...
by Dan Wees | Sep 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I’ve always been suspicious of a doctrine that encourages a priesthood blessing to reap the positive attention of a superior being when faced with some sort of crisis. Why? If a superior being would actually withhold a positive outcome in a crisis because there...
by Dan Wees | Sep 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Although, I do not care much for a negro, still I have a warm spot in my heart for those beautiful singers.” David O. McKay – quoted in Gregory Prince’s David O. McKay and the rise of modern Mormonism (Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 2005),...
by Dan Wees | Sep 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“As a member of the USO Council I asked President McKay if the Church-owned Deseret Gymnasium could be open to the soldiers just as the YMCAs all over the country had opened their doors. President McKay’s quick response was: ‘Yes, their uniform will...
by Dan Wees | Sep 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Come away from any others. Follow your leaders who have been duly ordained and have been publicly sustained, and you will not be led astray.” Boyd K. Packer – 4 October 1992, Ensign Magazine, “To Be Learned is Good If…” (Salt Lake City, UT:...
