Hi, I'm Gregg

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I live and work in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. I quit golf after a bad round this spring - and don't miss it a bit. Besides, it has given me more time to finish the landscaping in my back yard, so I think this may be a real victory for my wife. We have four kids - one married, two in college and one at home. My parents raised me in the Mormon church, but I still found that I had to learn and earn my own personal witness of the truth. I received that witness through studying the scriptures, praying, and listening for personal revelation from my Heavenly Father. I heard and felt the whisperings of the Holy Ghost tell me that I had found truth, and I am able to say, "I know that my Redeemer lives".

Why I am a Mormon

Through my Mormon faith I have found true peace, lasting happiness, and built a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I love the church focus on families and kids. I am a better husband and father because I am a Mormon.

Personal Stories

Why do Mormons go on missions?

My maternal grandfather joined the church in Germany in the early 1900's. He was befriended by missionaries who taught him the true gospel of Jesus Christ and baptized him with proper priesthood authority. That legacy was handed down to my mother, and then to me. I had the opportunity to serve a full-time mission from 1981-1983 in Munich Germany - returning , as it were to my grandfather's homeland. I served because I felt a debt to my Heavenly Father for the rich blessings that have come to my through my membership in the Mormon church. My goal was to share that happiness with others. I guess my feelings are best summed up in a song which includes the verse, "because I have been given much, I too must give..."

How I live my faith

Christ served others and I try to emulate his example of service. I am actively involved in local church leadership, class teaching, and making personal visits to friends within the church. I find that my testimony of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior increases as I put my faith into action through service.

What is faith?

Gregg answered...

It's the first step in obtaining knowledge. First we have faith, then we act on that faith, then through our experience we come to know.
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Don answered...

Faith is taking action because of a hope in something. Often the Savior asks of us to do certain things or live in certain ways. When we see a stranger in distress, we stop and help them as Jesus commanded us to in the Good Samaritan Luke 10:25. The act of helping is the evidence of our Faith in Christ. We are asked to tithe. Tithing is evidence of our faith. We tithe in hopes of the promises in Malachi 3:10 that the floodgates of Heaven are open to us.
Faith is when we put our beliefs and hope into action.

Why do some call Mormonism a cult?

Dan answered...

I grew up thinking, at one point, Mormonism was cult. I made this assertion based on nothing but hearsay, and didn't actually know any tenets of the LDS faith. Now, as a person who has thoroughly investigated the sincerity and divine truthfulness of this Church, I can resoundingly say that the Church of Jesus Christ is by no means a cult. I find that the major reason why people think Mormonism is a cult is simply due to a lack of understanding of the Church. For instance, not many people really know that Mormons believe in and strive to be closer to Jesus Christ we believe Him to be our personal savior and redeemer of the world. We read the Bible and know it to be the word of God. We take communion. We have an unpaid clergy. We live to serve others as Christ would have done.

When people take the time to understand what Mormonism is really all about, like I did, they will understand that Mormons are normal people with normal problems, and each of us relies on God to be a better, more Christlike person.