Hi, I'm Michael

I'm a husband and father. I'm an Orthopaedic surgeon, and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm a husband and father of four biologic children and one foster child. My family and I make wherever we live our HOME. We've overcome adversity to get where we are, and we recognize how much we've been carried through the process by the support of others and of our Father in Heaven.

Why I am a Mormon

I'm a Mormon because I knelt down one day and asked my Heavenly Father myself if it was what I should pursue. I received a very personal and powerful testimony of the truth. I know that every living person on Earth can receive the same guidance from our Father in Heaven.

Personal Stories

How can your talents and gifts bless others?

My most amazing gift is the ability to educate patients with understandable terms and help them make decisions that will best facilitate their healing.

How I live my faith

I strive to lose myself in the service of others. My needs become trivial when I'm consumed in an effort to help someone else, and I typically find that my needs are satisfied during the process.

What do Mormons believe is the purpose of life?

Michael answered...

I believe that we are here to learn to choose the right. Every trial we endure gives us a chance to grow closer to our Father in Heaven. If we're faithful to His commandments through our trials, we will live with Him in glory after this life.
Sarah answered...

Perhaps one of the greatest blessings I have received by being a Mormon is a concrete understanding of the purpose of life. We believe that every human being is a literal child of Heavenly Father. We lived with Him in Heaven before we were born on earth. Our purpose in life is to keep His commandments, so that we can be worthy to return to live with our Father in Heaven again after we die. We cannot be worthy without allowing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the Savior, to cleanse us of sin.

What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' attitude regarding homosexuality and same sex marriage?

Erika answered...

Every one on this earth encounters their own set of challenges. It is through opposition that we grow, opposition is the reason we where sent to this earth so that we as individuals could make choices, gain experiences, and realize our divine potential. We are all Gods children we have all made the choice to come to this earth because we knew and loved God.

Each of us must learn how to overcome our own personal and unique set of challenges that we will inevitably face in this life; to some it may be an addiction, others may struggle with depression or constant need to compare. There are endless challenges and trials we will face. Amongst these challenges some will and have faced the challenge of same sex attraction. Does this mean that they are damned, unclean, broken? Absolutely not, it means that they are human. To take full advantage of this life we must learn to gain control of our bodies and to overcome the natural inclinations of our bodies. By so doing we begin to reach and see our divine potential, we realize that we are truly spiritual beings living in a mortal world with mortal challenges. But these challenges will last "but a small moment" and if we are able to endure them to overcome them we will leave this life and recieve our divine heritage of eternal life.
As members of the church we share a message that can and will help you improve the quality of your life no matter who you are where your from or the challenges you face this message will help you.