When I was somewhere around four years old I was the driving force behind my mom’s eradication of her Madonna tapes.
We were in church, in the meeting known as Sacrament Meeting, where the entire congregation gathers to partake of the sacrament and listen to speakers teach about different gospel principles. During a quiet moment little [...]

The purpose of our trip up to Washington in June was to give T1 his baby blessing. We chose to go up to Washington for it because we wanted to be in a place where the circle of men performing the blessing would be filled with family, and if we blessed him in our current [...]

These are the missionaries in our ward right now. You might have seen guys that look a lot like them around your own neighborhood. They wear backpacks to carry things like the Book of Mormon, Bible, other Church materials, snacks, letters from home, etc. Some missionaries get a car, others ride bikes, and others just walk [...]

If you haven’t read it, here is Part 1 of my story.
In 2003 my family moved to Germany. This was the best, and worst time of my life. Spiritually I was thriving. I loved attending seminary, Wednesday night activities, and church of Sunday. From the first part of the story, though I only mentioned [...]

My name is Jessica and I blog at One Shiny Star. I am 22 years old, married, and one semester away from graduating college. I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for 12 years, and it has changed my life in ways I never dreamed possible.

My story is [...]