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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints doctrine, practices, tradition and stories

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Thanks to Rachael Pippin, Elaine Long, Hannah Joy Herring and Eschler Editing for their editing skills on the articles written by Tim Frodsham.

Personal and Family Stories

Lessons Under the Stars

Some of the best lessons I learned about life and family happened under the stars.

Tim Frodsham 9 September 2021

Reflections

Thoughts from my high school years and lessons learned from two different communities.

Tim Frodsham 29 August 2021

Tips From a Once Novice Father

When dealing with my children, young and old, or anyone else not of my family, I learned that the best place to start is with a default answer of ‘yes’.

Tim Frodsham, 14 July 2021

A Scout’s Prayer

Mistakes made, forgiveness boundless, The power of a young man’s prayer

Tim Frodsham, 11 February 2021

The Anniversary

How many men have had their wife forget their wedding anniversary?

Tim Frodsham, 25 January, 2021

The Worst Week of my Life

My wife in the hospital for cancer; my grand daughter in another hospital for spinal meningitis. Happy day.

Tim Frodsham, 19 January, 2021

The Lumberjack

A personal example of divine intervention

Tim Frodsham 10 January 2021

A Cup of Water

Christ’s atoning sacrifice gave him victory over death and power to guide and direct our lives, even with something as simple as a cup of water.

Tim Frodsham 14 September 2020

The Lord’s Way of Teaching

At times it seems our best effort to teach and train our children go all wrong. Personal experiences on how the Lord can take our efforts, as inept as we think they may be, and turn them into something sublime.

Tim Frodsham 15 Aug 2020

Interventions of the Lord

There are times that the Lord intervenes, powerfully, in our lives and the lives of our families. At other times, the heavens seem sealed and our petitions unheard. Here are experiences of both with profound impact on my family.

Tim Frodsham 14 August 2020

The Family Van Evening

Sometimes the perfect Family “Home” Evenings happen, not when everything goes right, but when everything goes wrong.

Tim Frodsham 6 June 2020

Thoughts on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Virtuous, lovely or of good report, or praiseworthy

I love the 13th Article of faith. We can find knowledge and wisdom from many and varied sources.

Climate and Stewardship in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Prophets past and present admonish us to care for the earth. There is no need for contention in the climate debate.

Tim Frodsham, 21 December, 2023

Listening to the Spirit

Prophets have warned us that we will not survive spiritually in these latter days without personal revelation. The ways open for us to learn and to receive.

Tim Frodsham, 3 February 2023

The Single Adult Program

Recommendations for a bottom up single adult program in the church, where the focus is to bring single members to Christ, and welcome them into the ward family

Tim Frodsham and Cathy Shaeffer 20 November 2022

Our Infinite God

Scholars through the ages have used linguistics to examine and understand scripture. In this essay, I examine the nature of a perfect and infinite God from a mathematical perspective.

Tim Frodsham 17 October, 2022

Proxy Ordinances

Why Proxy ordinances on this side of the veil?

Tim Frodsham 20 April 2022

Temple Preparation

What I wish I knew before I entered the temple

Tim Frodsham 7 March 2022

Decisions

The electronic circuit that enabled the information age. How it works and why we care

Tim Frodsham 30 October 2021

Agency and Equality

Our Agency is meaningful only if we have choices to make which have significant consequences

Tim Frodsham, 23 June 2021

Early Course Corrections

Whether seeking forgiveness or healing, the time to make changes in our life and align our will to that of our Savior is now.

Tim Frodsham, 2 March 2021

Doctrine vs. Culture

In a perfect church, the culture would precisely reflect His doctrine. Our mortal existence is crafted to teach us to deal with imperfection.

Tim Frodsham 31 January 2021

Solving Problems

The need to solve problems is built into the fabric of this existence. It is an essential part of learning to trust God.

Tim Frodsham, 28 January 2021

The Sabbath Day

Sabbath day observance is not just for Christians, those of Jewish faith or the religious in general. Taking time to observe a Sabbath day benefits everyone.

Tim Frodsham 10 January 2021

Trigger Point

We should stop focusing on the flaws of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, and the people who were used as instruments of God in bringing about that restoration.

Tim Frodsham 11 September 2020

The Divine Gift of Guilt

Guilt, a divine gift from God to bring us back to Him

Tim Frodsham 11 September 2020

Case Study of the People of Zeniff

I am constantly amazed at the richness of the scriptures in general and the Book of Mormon in particular. They can be approached in so many ways with results abounding in wisdom and insight. In this paper, I describe an instrumental case study, a modern, qualitative form of research and then use the Book of Mormon as a source of ethnographic data for such a study. The results give us insight into how differently the Lord inspires, directs and intercedes in our lives based on our righteousness.

Tim Frodsham 7 June 2020

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