November 19, 2009 – 10:59 pm
My father is on the High Council in the Riverton Utah Stake, and this past Sunday he was asked to speak in a ward about the temple and family history work. He sent me his talk, and I thought it was good and thought provoking. I thought you might like it too. -Bryce By Mark [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Church History, Temples Today
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Also tagged baptism for the dead, baptismal font, elijah, family, family history, familysearch, genealogy, hearts, joseph smith, kirtland, nauvoo, nauvoo temple, ordinance work, ordinances, priesthood, promises, restoration, technology, temple worship
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November 30, 2008 – 5:20 pm
Last week I was asked by our bishop to present a 10-15 minute portion of a lesson today on the importance of temple work in our combined priesthood/relief society meeting. Our stake is preparing for a “temple month” theme for January, and our meeting today was meant to inspire us to be thinking about family [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged altar, boyd k. packer, brigham young, bruce r. mcconkie, creation, elijah, eternal, exaltation, family, family history, genealogy, general conference, gordon b. hinckley, joseph smith, ordinance work, ordinances, organization, priesthood, seal, sealing
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September 25, 2008 – 10:32 am
The title is a bit of a mouthful, but let me explain. I have been a ballroom dancer since I was about 12 years old, or about 15 years. It has been quite an experience being involved with this subculture of ballroom dance, which has made up a large portion of my life. During the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged blessing, book of mormon, breath of life, BYU, ceremony, cleansing, embrace, experience, family, genealogy, israelites, maori, prayer, rituals, sacred, symbols, traditions, veil, video
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In a letter dated April 5th, and reported by the Catholic News Service on May 2nd, the Vatican issued an order to all Catholic dioceses throughout the world to not give genealogical information in parish registers to Latter-day Saints in an effort to “block posthumous rebaptisms” of LDS ancestors. The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Temples Today
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Also tagged baptism, baptism for the dead, catholic, catholic news service, church, converts, critics, early christian, krister stendahl, priesthood, rebaptism, vatican, vicarious
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A group of researchers has just begun a two-week excavation at the well-known Stonehenge site in England in an attempt to discover, once and for all, the meaning behind the mysterious ruins. According to current scientific dating, Stonehenge dates back to about 3000 B.C., but it has perplexed archaeologists for years as to the purpose [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Scholarship
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Also tagged architecture, atonement, early christian, hugh nibley, megalith, model, prayer, prayer circle, rites, rituals, sacred, stone circles, stonehenge, vicarious, visit
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