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Two Churches
Come Follow Me (1 Nephi 11-15 Part 2) The panorama of Nephi’s vision continues in 1 Nephi 13 - amazing prophecy where Nephi is shown many...
Laureen Simper
Jan 23, 20244 min read


The Gulf of Ideologies
Come Follow Me (1 Nephi 11-15) I love 1st Nephi chapter 8 - Lehi’s dream of the Tree of Life. There’s so much to study and dissect and...
Laureen Simper
Jan 22, 20243 min read


Forgetting Angels
Come Follow Me - 1 Nephi 7-10 It seems hard to imagine that a few days could go by, and you could forget you’d seen an angel who kind of...
Laureen Simper
Jan 17, 20244 min read


What If Ya Just Don't Wanna?
Come Follow Me - 1 Nephi 1-5 I remember a day when my children were still at home and I was experiencing a powerful episode of cheerful,...
Laureen Simper
Jan 15, 20245 min read


The Book of Mormon - So Much More Than First Nephi
You know the problem with the Book of Mormon? It’s over 500 pages. In a world that has perfected and glorified the sound byte, nurturing...
Laureen Simper
Jan 8, 20244 min read


Fighting Lost Causes
"The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God's paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle-and not lose it." G.K....
Laureen Simper
Dec 30, 20232 min read


Waiting for the Christmas Miracle
Can you imagine having a government so corrupt, that it has set up ways of knowing your personal religious beliefs and criminalizing...
Laureen Simper
Dec 27, 20232 min read


Spiritual Confidence
[Originally published November 7, 2015] I had the wonderful experience to speak to a young single adult stake of women this morning. A...
Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 202313 min read
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