My Spiritual Journey

Hi everyone,

I was born and raised in the church. In my teens I went through a period of time where I wasn’t very active. But, then I went to college and had wonderful LDS roommates who changed my view of the church. I waited for a missionary and married him a few months after he got home. We have been very active since then. Looking back I realize that I started to drift away from a literal view of many gospel principles in college, it was such a slow transition that I didn’t even realize that I didn’t quite believe the way most other people believed. For most of my adult life I have been very comfortable at church. A few months ago I realized that I really didn’t know much about church history. The FLDS were in the news and I realized that I really didn’t know what Joseph Smith taught about polygamy so I started to research it. As I studied I realized that Joseph Smith did not fit into the idea of what I thought a prophet was. This caused my world to come crashing down. I have slowly been picking up the pieces these last few months. I have enjoyed reading the discussion so far and look forward to sharing with all of you in the journey.