Hi, I'm Scott

I am a vertically-challenged "recovering attorney" who found his home in North Texas. I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I am a husband to a beautiful redhead and the father of four amazing children: my oldest son is serving a full-time mission in Brazil, another son is beginning classes at Brigham Young University, my daughter just started high school here in Texas, and my youngest is serving a mission on the other side of the veil after passing away from a brain tumor over three years ago. Needless to say, I am a strong advocate for curing childhood cancers, and I believe that allowing yourself to grieve in a healthy way is vitally important when a family loses a loved one. Although I once practiced law for a boutique firm in Maryland, I am now a salesman who never found the time (or the inclination) to take up the game of golf. I enjoy reading, especially when I travel for work, and some of my favorite books have been "Watership Down", "The Education of Little Tree", and "A Tale of Two Cities". I also love to travel; having served a mission in the Netherlands, Europe is one of my favorite destinations, and my wife and I have been fortunate enough to go together on a number of occasions. Regardless of what I'm doing, doing it with my family makes it twice as fun.

Why I am a Mormon

Missionaries taught my family when I was young, but I wanted a stronger testimony of the restored gospel before I committed to being a missionary myself. I tested the promise contained in the Book of Mormon that if I read it with a sincere heart and asked God the Father in the name of Christ if it was true, He would testify to me through the power of the Holy Ghost that it was true. My prayers were answered in a way that I can't deny, and I know that the Book of Mormon is true. That knowledge confirms to me that Joseph Smith was indeed God's chosen prophet to restore his kingdom to the earth in these final days before Christ's return. I know that the priesthood power has been restored to the earth and that we have a living prophet of God leading the chruch today. Above all, I know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Redeemer and Savior of all mankind, the great Creator of the world and the Judge of the living and the dead. I have felt his atoning power in my life, and I know that he can forgive my transgressions and heal my wounds. I also know that he has the power to change my heart. That is why I'm a Mormon.

How I live my faith

I'm learning to remember my Savior every day and recognize my utter dependence on him. I seek to serve others, be patient and caring, and keep the commandments. Reading the scriptures and praying each day keep me focused on my faith, and I strive to see Christ in the face of every person I meet.

How can I find someone to talk with, in person, about the Mormon religion?

Elder Nolte answered...

The missionaries are one of the greatest resources to find out more information on the church. If you want to know more, ask someone who is a member of the church.
Taylor answered...

A. You could go to a mormon.org profile from someone in your area that has a facebook link, and locate them that way!
B. You could go to the link on mormon.org that says "request the missionaries"
C. You could go to the link that says " Find a Church" and come visit us. We all would be more than happy to meet you to and explain why this message is so important for all of us.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.