A Testimony Can Bend Yet Still Stand
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- Who Is a Mormon? by Christopher D. Cunningham
- An Experiment in Prayer: Ocean to Ice by Mike Loveridge
- Shamar: What It Means to “Keep” the Commandments in Hebrew by Steve Densley, Jr.
- You Mormons Are Ignoramuses: Appreciating the Restoration Doctrine That Adam and Eve “Fell Up” by H. Craig Petersen
- What Joseph Smith Saw in Exodus That We’ve Been Missing by Alvin H. Andrew
- (Re)Discovering Lorenzo Ghiberti’s “Gates of Paradise” at the BYU Museum of Art by John Dye
- When Symbols Become Idols: Remembering What Points Us to Christ by Spencer Anderson
- “All Things Point Us to the Savior’s Atonement”–Come Follow Me Podcast #19: Exodus 35-40; Leviticus 1; 4; 16; 19 by Scot and Maurine Proctor
- Currents: Marie Osmond on Alan Osmond’s Death; Most of the Cast of “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” Are Not Members; Radical Left Podcaster Justifies Murder and Looting; and More by Meridian Magazine
- Your Hardest Family Question: Our kids don’t connect with my wife by Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT
















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ShaunaFebruary 5, 2026
thank you. what a wonderful, insightful article about Testimony. When I recently gave a talk on faith, I noted how often the verb exercise is used in conjection with faith--we need to exercise faith. So I love your comments about needing to move with our testimonies, even when they seem weak. They are like a spiritual muscle that needs to be flexed..and let's face it, just like a physical muscle, sometimes we don't want to go to the gym.
MaryannFebruary 4, 2026
What a beautiful article! Satan would love to make us believe we don't have a testimony because we have doubts or unanswered questions. Not so! We see so many examples of "enduring to the end" in the scriptures and in our current day-to-day lives. When we feel forgotten by God, confused, or discouraged, THAT is the time we need to keep going. Keep praying, keep reading the scriptures, keep attending church---especially if you have stopped doing those things. It's not over. You CAN begin again. And, as noted here, service is a great way to rekindle our testimony and our spirits. On our darkest days, we can still seek for the Light.
Sally MaddocksFebruary 4, 2026
Such a well written article. Thank you for reminding us of how our testimonies can ebb and flow
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