Hi, I'm Kyle

I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I'm happily married and have two small, wonderful children. I'm a real estate attorney and when I'm not in the office, I try to spend as much time with my family as possible, while also squeezing in some time for watching sports, playing golf and being with friends.

Why I am a Mormon

I was born into a Mormon family and grew up learning the doctrines and seeing them put into practice by dedicated and faithful parents. Their example inspired me to take my faith seriously but there came a time when I needed to know for myself whether the Mormon faith was for me. I am a Mormon today because I took the time to read the Book of Mormon and then prayed to Heavenly Father for an answer to the simple yet profound question of "is what I'm reading true." Through the Holy Ghost, I received my answer of "YES." Since that first experience, I have often knelt and prayed for confirmation of my feelings and beliefs, and a loving Heavenly Father continues to answer my prayers and send me reassurances that I'm on His path.

How I live my faith

I live my faith by trying, day by day, to do what Heavenly Father has asked of me. That means trying to be a better husband and father. It means being more patient and charitable. It also means accepting assignments from my local Church leaders and doing my best to faithfully fulfill those assignments. For now, I serve as the mission leader for our congregation, which means I have the immense privilege of working with the Mormon missionaries and coordinating their efforts to help bring people unto Christ. My other assignments have included working with the youth and teaching a number of different Sunday School classes.

What do Mormons believe about family?

Kyle answered...

We belive that the family is central to God's plan for His children - both in this life and in the next. In this life, the family is where God wants us to learn about Him and His Son. It is also where He wants us to put into practice the teachings of Jesus - we do that by treating our family members with love and respect. The family is where, in this life, we can experience true happiness. Since the family is where our most happy moments come, God has a plan for our families to continue into the next life. If a husband and wife are married in a temple of God, there they make promises that they will honor God and each other. If they do this in this life, one of the promised blessings is that their marriage will continue into the next life. Since families have the possibility of being eternal in duration, Mormons believe everything should be done to foster loving and healthy family relationships.
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Bradley. answered...

The family is a key component to support us in God's plan for gaining immortality and eternal life. All of God's children (all the inhabitants that lived, are living, and will live on Earth) are inseperably connected to each other, both (physically) by our Earthly families and (spiritually) by our Heavenly Father.

Families help us to understand our divine heritage. In this, life takes on purpose and meaning. Our immortal spirits were created by our Heavenly Father before Earthly existance, and we are directly connected to Him in this way. As a spiritual family, our collective purpose on Earth is to follow the commandments of God that lead us to live in heaven with Him again.

Our spirits need to progress, learn, and grow. In order to achieve that, Earthly existance was created as our test. Our Heavenly Father knew that being exposed to opposing forces on Earth was the only way for us to gain knowledge and wisdom.

However, we will not always choose righteousness, and so our Savior, Jesus Christ, is that great mediator to pay the debt of our mistakes. He is the only way by which we can be saved from our sins and transgressions. He is the ultimate example by which direction we need to live our lives. With the support of our earthly kin, we can learn from each other, serve each other, and strengthen our mortal weaknesses by being disciples of Christ. Our families are a gift from God, and we can be together forever.

What do Mormons believe about the Bible? Do they regard it as Holy Scripture and the word of God?

Jonathan Richardson answered...

We believe that the Bible is the word of God, given through his Apostles and Prophets in the days of old. Through generations the bible has been translated time and time again, and now it stands with some of the simple truths of Christs teachings being either removed or complicated. That is why there are so many different views on what the scriptures teach, and so many churchs created for those views. We believe that God has restored those simple truths and clarified the complicated view through the Book of Mormon which is a record of the ancient inhabitants of the Americas.